"... we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ..." -- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
Sixty-six years ago today ... the peacefulness of a Sunday morning was shattered with the news that Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, had been attacked by the Japanese, killing 2,400 Americans and sinking five out of eight American battleships.
In an address to Congress the next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it a day that would live in infamy ... and America found herself at war with Japan.
It was World War II ... and the Greatest Generation stepped forward to defend the homeland ... ordinary Americans who went to war ... many did not return. Those at home did their part with victory gardens, rationing, rallying the patriotic spirit of the country.
The Greatest Generation is now aging... grandparents who were young men and women during the years of 1941-45 and who are now passing away at the rate of over 1,000 per day. They helped save the world.
A grateful Nation pauses to thank them and to remember that freedom is not free. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ... December 7 ... never forget.
In an address to Congress the next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it a day that would live in infamy ... and America found herself at war with Japan.
It was World War II ... and the Greatest Generation stepped forward to defend the homeland ... ordinary Americans who went to war ... many did not return. Those at home did their part with victory gardens, rationing, rallying the patriotic spirit of the country.
The Greatest Generation is now aging... grandparents who were young men and women during the years of 1941-45 and who are now passing away at the rate of over 1,000 per day. They helped save the world.
A grateful Nation pauses to thank them and to remember that freedom is not free. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ... December 7 ... never forget.
In memory of
Clarence Osborne, U.S. Army,
an uncle I never knew, killed in France two weeks before the end of World War II
and
Raymond W. Randall, U.S. Navy,
my dad who served on the USS Wisconsin in the South Pacific during World War II.
Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
Clarence Osborne, U.S. Army,
an uncle I never knew, killed in France two weeks before the end of World War II
and
Raymond W. Randall, U.S. Navy,
my dad who served on the USS Wisconsin in the South Pacific during World War II.
Pearl Harbor Memorial, Hawaii
"For those who have fought for it,Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
2 comments:
freedom is not free!
I agree but this current system of dem vs republican is helping no one.
We need a leader and sadly neither party really has one. Come on America is this the best that you can do. Wait most smart people do not run for office because of the bs red tape.
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