Today we pause to honor the men and women who have died defending the United States of America. Freedom is not free, it was won by people willing to die for our independence.
Once won, keeping our freedom was also not free. Many people have died defending its continuation, and more will do so in the future.
We honor them all on this day; those who died that we might live free, and those who have joined the several branches of our military, swearing to fight and die for that national independence.
Those who died are gone, they are not forgotten. We honor their memory.
