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  • Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking.

    Sir Walter Scott (1873). “Poetical Works”, p.140
  • But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

    Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
  • A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

    First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953
  • Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.

    Will Carleton (1875). “Farm Legends”, p.87, Belford Bros.
  • Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

    "The Natural History of Nonsense". Book by Bergen Evans, 1946.
  • How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

    "Celebrating Our She-roes" by Jill S. Tietjen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2014.
  • Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1903). “Ponkapog Papers”
  • All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago

    Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King”, p.4122, e-artnow (Open Publishing)
  • They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

  • Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

  • Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.

    New Numbers no. 4 (1914) "The Dead"
  • My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

    Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961
  • We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.

  • They saw their injured country's woe.

    Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria
  • It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

    Sympathy   Death   Wisdom  
    Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.
  • I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.3100, Library of Alexandria
  • Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.

    Silas Weir Mitchell (1896). “The Collected Poems of S. Weir Mitchell”
  • Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1074, Delphi Classics
  • The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat! But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lives that keep its field alight.

  • These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

  • And I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died, Who gave that right to me And I'll proudly stand up next to him to defend her still today, Cuz there aint no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA

    Memorial Day   Men   Land  
    "Song: "God Bless the U.S.A."". 1984.
  • Fold him in his country's stars. Roll the drum and fire the volley! What to him are all our wars, What but death bemocking folly?

    George Henry Boker (1864). “Poems of the War”, p.169
  • The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

  • Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

    "A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.
  • They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.39, Delphi Classics
  • Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.

  • The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below

    Gun   Singing   Poppies  
    'In Flanders Fields' (1915)
  • Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

    George Washington (1810). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States”, p.17
  • A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

    George William Curtis (1894). “On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891”
  • The hero dead cannot expire: The dead still play their part.

    Charles Sangster, “Brock”
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