In Memoriam

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

I wrote this for my blog: Confessions of an Idiot

Memorial day means much more than just time off to some families. It is a day to remember their loved ones, those that made the ultimate sacrifice.

We would be well served as a nation to take more time to recognize and appreciate the cost of what we have, and those that bear it.

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0:00.0	Our freedom is not free.
0:03.8	The balance on our ledger is paid in blood by men and women who die wearing a uniform
0:08.5	in the service of others.
0:11.0	Their shot, stabbed, burned, mutilated, and torn to pieces.
0:16.8	They die in agony, and they die afraid.
0:20.2	Their blood stains the dirt of countries they do not call home.
0:23.9	They die for an ideal.
0:25.6	They die so we can continue to be free.
0:28.8	They die so that others do not have to.
0:31.6	They die for you, and they die for me.
0:35.6	They are not nameless, and they are not faceless.
0:39.0	They are men and women who come from poverty and from wealth, from the ivory league and
0:43.7	from the inner cities.
0:46.0	Their mothers and fathers, daughters and sons.
0:50.4	They had lives outside of their military service, but they will never get the chance to
0:54.6	live them.
0:56.0	They had dreams and aspirations, but they will never get the opportunity to pursue them.
1:00.6	They had time, but they will never get to use it, because they have sacrificed it for
1:06.6	us.
1:08.6	The men and women who die for this country do not provide our freedoms.
1:12.2	They protect them.
1:13.2	They can love them or hate them, understand their purpose or despise their existence.
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