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Shouldn't we be thanking them on every day in every month?
THE FOUNDATION
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” –John Adams
NATIONAL SECURITY
Veterans Day
On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month…
This Day is set aside now, in honor of American Patriot Veterans, who
have carried the banner of Liberty forward since the first shots at
Lexington and Concord! And it is now time for us to deliver this banner
to the next generation.
Millions of Patriots – American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines
and Coastguardsmen – have for generations honored their oath to “support and defend” Liberty, as “endowed by our Creator” and enshrined in our Constitution.
Today, and every day, we formally honor them. We remain the proud and
the free because they have stood bravely in harm’s way, and millions
remain on post today. For this, we, the American People, offer our
heartfelt thanks.
“Mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield
and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions.” (1 Chronicles
12:8)
“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate
what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your
rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain
faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when
hope becomes forlorn.” –Gen. Douglas MacArthur
“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing
is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is
willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal
safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless
made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” – John
Stuart Mill
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:12-14)
(See Mark Alexander’s essay, The Most Noble of American Patriots.)
