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Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, not just the day the pool opens.  Think of these quotes as a reminder of what freedom is all about and those who died to protect it.

14 Patriotic Quotes To Honor Those We Remember On Memorial Day

Patriotic quotes are some of the most inspiring and motivating quotes of all time. On the last Monday of each May we honor the men and women who have died in service to our great country — a day that has become known as Memorial Day. This Memorial Day, let’s remember these noble and honorable souls with these 14 patriotic quotes.

1. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." ~ Benjamin Disraeli

2. "They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, and their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." ~ Joseph Campbell

4. "Bravery never goes out of fashion." ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

5. "We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart." ~ Albert Einstein

6. "It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." ~ Norman Schwarzkopf

7. "And each man stand with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can." ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

8. "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

9. "The cost of liberty is less than the cost of repression." ~ Web Dubois

10. "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." ~ John F. Kennedy

11. "The story of America’s quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots." ~ Randy Vader

12. "Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day." ~ Will Carleton

13. "These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea." ~ Schuyler Colfax

14. "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 you and defend her still today, ‘cuz there ain’t no doubt I love this land, god bless the USA." ~ Lee Greenwood

This Memorial Day, let us remember that our freedom did not come without a price. Without the sacrifices of the many brave men and women who died for our nation, we would not enjoy the liberty we know today. Let these fourteen patriotic quotes serve as a reminder of that fact.

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If you are wondering how Memorial Day got started and what the holiday weekend means, this is what you need to read.

How To Celebrate Memorial Day This Year

Memorial Day is celebrated by friends and family sending free e-cards to each other. They do this as a way of keeping in touch and remembering each other. Many millions of free e-cards are sent each year to celebrate this special event.

Memorial Day is largely devoted to venerating those who perished during their service and recognizing our collective debt and mourning at their loss. Founded shortly following the conclusion of the Civil War, at the repeated suggestion of a pharmacist from Waterloo, New York that flowers and other commemorative objects be brought to the graves of deceased soldiers. This commemoration was established as Decoration Day, a time for recognizing the losses resulting from the Civil War and became officially recognized and widely adopted as of May 5, 1868.

It is a time for the emotional exploration of death for a cause and honoring the character and commitment of all the soldiers who fell throughout this country’s distinguished military history, whether they were amateurs fighting for their convictions during the Civil War or thoroughly trained military operatives such as those who secured the victory of World War II.

Decoration Day was renamed Memorial Day in 1882, which extended the remembrance to all American soldiers who gave their lives for their country. Memorial Day was declared a national holiday to be observed on the last Monday of May in 1971.

Memorial Day, or Decoration Day as it is still alternately called, is commemorated around the country with ceremonial observances, including placing the flags adorning all public building and government offices at half-staff.

There is an annual gathering of veterans, citizens, and interested parties that takes place over Memorial Day weekend at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Speeches and presentations commending the Armed Forces, their role in securing peace and national security, and the national debt of the living to those that have died for those noble causes.

If you know a family that has lost someone in a war fought by the United States, take Memorial Day as an opportunity to share your condolences for their loss as well as your gratitude for that contribution. You may be familiar with someone who has the distinction of being a veteran, for whom this occasion also merits special recognition.

Go to a local cemetery to decorate the graves of soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and other appropriate symbols of mourning. Or, delve into military history, become aware of current military trends and possible threats, and learn about wars of the past as part of your own Memorial Day observance.

Because Memorial Day is a federal holiday and most Americans have a day off, the three day weekend is also a time for enjoying the summer with barbeques, picnics, family time, and brief trips out of town, for instance to go to the beach, visit friends and relatives, or just to get away from it all.

So remember your friends and loved ones this Memorial Day by sending them a free e-card. Ecards are so easy to send and they help people to stay in touch. Send a free e-card and make somebody happy this Memorial Day.

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You can also send a nice floral arrangement in tribute to these fallen heroes.

Memorial Day is for Patriots

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes called Memorial Day, “our most respected holiday,” and urged that “we not ponder with sad thoughts the passing of our heroes but rather ponder their legacy – the life they made possible for us.

Memorial Day Remembrance

Contrary to popular belief, Memorial Day is much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. To many people, especially the nation’s thousands of combat veterans, this day has a history stretching all the way back to the Civil War and is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country. 

Memorial Day Decorations

With Memorial Day (U.S.) approaching, some readers may be curious as to the meaning behind this holiday. Specifically, how does Memorial Day differ from Veterans Day? Or perhaps you’ll be using Memorial Day Decorations for the first time.

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Memorial Day Tribute
 by: Steven Boaze

Memorial Day is their day, isn’t it? It supposed to be the day a grateful nation pauses to quietly thank the more than one million men and women who have died in military service to their country since the revolutionary war.

Or is it the day the beach resorts kick into high gear for the summer season, the day the strand is covered by fish-belly white people bastings themselves in coconut oil, the day the off season rates end and the weekend you can’t get in a seaside seafood restaurant with anything less than a hour wait.

Or is it one of the biggest shopping center sales day of the year, a day when hunting for a parking space is the prime sport for the holiday stay-at homers?

Or is it the weekend when more people will kill themselves on the highways than any other weekend and highway patrol troopers work overtime picking up the pieces?

I think the men and women who died for us would understand what we do with their day. I hope they would, because if they wouldn’t, if they would have insisted that it be a somber, respectful day of remembrance, then we have blown it and dishonored their sacrifice.

I knew some of those who died and the guys I knew would have understood.

They liked a sunny beach and a cold beer and a hot babe in a black bikini too. they would have enjoyed packing the kids, the inflatable rafts, the coolers, and the suntan lotion in the car and heading for the lake. they would have enjoyed staying at home and cutting the grass and getting together with some friends and cooking some steaks on the grill too.

But they didn’t get the chance. they blew up in the marine barracks in beirut and died in the oily waters of the persian gulf. they caught theirs at the airstrip in grenada in the little war everyone laughed at. they bought the farm in the drang valley and on heartbreak ridge, phu tai and at the hue. they froze at the chosin reservoir and were shot at the pusan perimeter. guadal canal. they died in the ice and snow of the bulge and the vosges mountains. they were at the somme and san juan hill and at gettysburg and at cerro gordo and at valley forge.

They couldn’t be here with us today, but think they would understand that we don’t spend the day in tears and heart- -wrenching memorials. they wouldn’t want that. grief is not why they died. they died so we could go fishing. they died so another father could toss a baseball to his son in their backyard while the charcoal is getting white. they died so another buddy could drink a beer on his day off. they died so a family could get in the minivan and go shopping and maybe get some ice cream on the way home. they died so that the same family could worship in their own way in a church of their choosing.

They won’t mind that we have chosen their day to have our first big outdoor party of the year. but they wouldn’t mind, either, if we took just a few minutes and thought of them.

Some will think of them formally, of course. wreaths will be laid in small sparsely attended ceremonies in military cemeteries and at monuments aT state capitals and in small town squares. flags will fly over the graves, patriotic words will be spoken and a few people there will probably feel a little anger that no more people showed up. they’ll think no one else remembers.

But we do remember. we remember smitty and chico, and davey and the guys who died. we remember the deal we made: if we buy it, we said, " Drink a Beer for Me "

I’ll do it for you guys. I’ll drink that beer for you today and I’ll sit on that beach for you, and check out the girls for you, and just briefly, I’ll think of you. I won’t let the memory of your tragic death spoil the trip but you’ll be on that sunny beach with me today.

I will not mourn your deaths this Memorial Day, my Friends. Rather I’ll celebrate the life you gave me.

SEMPER FIDELIS

Steven Boaze USMC

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Steven Boaze, Chairman, is The Owner of Boaze.com Corporate Web Solutions Which houses Web Development services. Steven is also the author of two successful Books along with numerous articles on Marketing and Advertising published by Boaze Publishing. http://www.boazepublishing.biz

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