We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan

Freedom's natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled! Hail the stars and stripes forever, Dearest flag in all the world. - Florence A. Jones

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States - Adams, John

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. - Thomas Paine

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. - Abraham Lincoln

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. - Kemal Ataturk

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. - Thomas Campbell

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it - Adams, John Quincy

For love of country they accepted death - James Garfield

GOING TO THE GONE A checklist for Memorial Day by Greg Asimakoupoulos May 23, 2008 Go look in on your children still asleep within their bed. Remind yourself they're safe and warm because of some long dead. Go for a walk through cemeteries lined with little flags. Take time to ponder homebound heroes flown in body bags. Go stand between those granite stones engraved with names and dates. Imagine all who died defending our United States. Go on and kneel beside a marker offering a prayer with gratitude for those who gave their lives defeating terror. Go home and count your blessings from the hands of those now gone. Then vow to the Almighty that their mem'ry will live on. Also found here. The following note applies to this poem: Copyright 2008 Greg Asimakoupoulos. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. - Charles F. Browne