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Memorial Day

Writer's picture: Christopher McHaleChristopher McHale


Sacrifice.


That’s what this day is about.


Memorial Day.


Flags and parades and statues and wreaths.

The wars in my life were of a different sort.

Vietnam. Iraq. Afghanistan.


I didn’t understand them, I didn’t want them, and I didn’t want to pay for them.


But I’m supposed to put all that away today to honor those who sacrificed in those wars.

I can do that. But only in this way. By always working to making this nation a nation that only asks for that sacrifice for a real reason. An honest reason. A reason based on the best principles of this nation. Not the greed of men, or the blood-thirsty power brokers. Not on the word of men who have made no sacrifice themselves.


So, yes. Memorial Day.


Honor the fallen.


But honor them with truth.

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