The Importance of Remembering
By Steven Osborne | Sunday, May 29th, 2011 | Catch-All, HistoryOften on Memorial Day, Americans become so busy vacationing, grilling, and enjoying a day off of work that we forget the sacrifice of the men and women whose sacrifice served to preserve our Republic.
Memorial Day originated as “Decoration Day,” in which communities would decorate the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers with flowers to honor their memory. As the years went by, the remembrance was expanded to include those who have fallen in all of our nation’s wars. The day has taken an especially relevant meaning now, as our soldiers are currently engaged in conflict overseas.
It is often understated how important it is to simply remember. By remembering the sacrifices of the past, we can be better equipped to step up ourselves and defend our future.
It is my hope that this Memorial Day we will all take some time to reflect, and in doing so, renew our commitment to the freedom and liberties that we hold so dear.
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Steven Osborne is a grassroots conservative activist from Central Virginia. He is currently furthering his education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition to writing for Bearing Drift he is also a columnist for the Christian Law Journal.
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As a decorated veteran of a foreign war and career military member, I personally hold dear those fallen comrades that gave the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the freedoms our Constitution guarantees. But of late, when involved in the never-ending conflict that has been an affront to justifying assassinations, torture, wrongful imprisonment, but most of all, Acts such as the “Patriot” act that blatantly compromises the Bill of Rights, I question whether or not those sacrificed would condone our present course. Once called “peace keepers”, service members are now labeled “warriors”. Our governmental acceptance of international occupation and “nation building” has transformed or nation from the stalwart of freedom to sole bastion of “imperialism”
Guess who traveled to Fort Belvoir to play golf yesterday??
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