"The last full measure of devotion": A Memorial Day reflection
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 May 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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On Memorial Day 2022, we remember the American men and women who died to protect our freedom. In The Daily Article for May 30, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison remembers those who gave "the last full measure of devotion," as Abraham Lincoln' said in his Gettysburg Address. Then he cites Kevin D. Roberts on the role of faith and civic virtue in our democracy, and recalls our nation's need for God through Psalm 33:12: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord."
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Memorial Day, Monday, May the 30th, 2022. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.1 | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Uvaldi, Texas yesterday to place flowers at a memorial for the 19 children |
| 0:23.0 | and two teachers who were murdered at Rob Elementary School last Tuesday. |
| 0:27.6 | In related news, the Justice Department announced it will review law enforcement's response |
| 0:33.6 | to the mass shooting. |
| 0:35.1 | This review comes amid reports that some police officers apparently violated |
| 0:39.3 | protocol by choosing not to risk themselves as the shooter was murdering children and teachers. |
| 0:45.3 | The timing of this news was noteworthy, coming the day before America honors the men and women who died |
| 0:51.3 | across our nation's history to protect our freedoms. |
| 0:54.9 | On Memorial Day, these heroes are often described as giving the last full measure of |
| 1:00.6 | devotion. |
| 1:01.6 | Our nation's greatest president authored these words as part of what many consider his |
| 1:05.7 | greatest speech, brief remarks we call the Gettysburg Address. |
| 1:10.1 | Abraham Lincoln spoke on November the 19th, 1863, |
| 1:14.2 | four and a half months after one of the fiercest battles of the Civil War took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:20.9 | The conflict led to more than 51,000 casualties. |
| 1:25.8 | My wife and I visited the battlefield several years ago and were deeply moved by the |
| 1:30.1 | memory of what happened on its now hallowed ground. On that Thursday, the president called those |
| 1:36.4 | assembled to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead, |
| 1:43.5 | we take increased devotion to that cause for which |
| 1:46.4 | they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not |
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