Monday's Inspiration -- Those who sacrifice

MEMORIAL DAY

Today, we pause to reflect upon those who scrificed; those men and women who perished defending the freedoms that define us.  We also reflect upon the parents and families whos hearts carry that strange mixture of a grief that never departs; and the warm pride of an understanding knowledge that their loved ones gave themselves in the ulitimate act of service to their country.

Our fallen warriors, from the Civil War, through today's battles, lie in American Cemeteries in the United States, and around the world.  

Here are some video images of some of these American Cemeteries:

Brittany (France): (4,400 Americans are buried here)

Lorraine (France): (10,500 Americans rest here)

Brockwood Cemetary, England: (470 American men and women lie here)

Flanders Field American Cemetary (Belgium):  (370 American war dead are buried here)

Henri-Chappelle Cemetery (Belgium): (8.000 Americans rest here --35 pairs of brothers)

Cambridge (England): (3,800 Americans are buried here)

Epinal (France): (5,300 Americans lie here)

Florence (Italy)  (4,400 Americans rest here)

Aisne-Marne (France) (2.300 came to their final rest)

Corozal American Cemetary (Panama) (5,000 Americans lie here)

 

Comments

[Cathy Merick]

Thank you. This is a very moving tribute. I cried through the videos. God bless our fallen service men and women and their families.