Remembering Memorial Day
Kathy Riggs May 31st, 2010
Each week I use this space to publicize a number of issues affecting real estate in Kinston, North Carolina.
But today is different.
In this first three-day weekend that has been tagged the unofficial start of summer I am dedicating this space to the men and women that paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms for today is Memorial Day.
Throughout the weekend there have been wreath laying ceremonies, parades, concerts and family gatherings.
And without our fallen heroes and veterans those venues we use to commemorate may have ceased to exist. For without our freedom we are not individual men and women, but only commodities.
Today the celebrations and remembrances go on. Today, whether our observance is with a community or it is a private moment, let us not forget those sacrifices.
As the years widen between the battles of the past and the conflicts of today, may Memorial Day serve not only as a day to honor but a day to educate, for if we know nothing of the past, we will be unprepared to meet the future.
Yesterday, someone told me only the veterans, whether in times of peace or times of war, can understand the bond that forms with each other. We should be thankful for that bond for in protecting each other, they protect us.
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