"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
Thucydides
"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Abraham Lincoln
"I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate....I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did."
"Oh, beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!"
from America the Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates
Happy Memorial Day, everyone.
Awesome post Sariah! I love your blog!
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