“To Those Who Gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion”

I’m grateful to my neighbor, Dr. Lynn Dayton, for sharing this video with our high priests group today:

http://lp.hillsdale.edu/memorial-day/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=email&utm_content=memorial_day&utm_campaign=memorial_day_2016&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zFIxyN-fU1AJ7F6HNTVsSEgBxIhNOk196XzKkDdRwcZjdOlY0ZrA-WTKFM-v_MNsJgOaeuid7-7pJND4UM6G8gPZFJg&_hsmi=30039141

Memorial Day Weekend has become a major time for fun and recreation and for family reunions, and I’m scarcely opposed to that.  I think, however, that we do need to devote at least a few moments to thinking about the deep and powerful meaning of the holiday.  And this video focuses on one very important aspect of that meaning.

So, too, does this 13:21 minute video of President Ronald Reagan’s eloquent speech at Normandy on 6 June 1984, commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=The+boys+of+Point+du+Hoc&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002

I can only wonder whether I would have had the courage to do what they did — and wonder at their courage.

Please spare a few minutes over this long weekend, if you haven’t already, to contemplate the lives, sacrifices, and contributions of those who’ve gone before us.