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May 31, 2005
Memorial Day, 2005.
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . .that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . .and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . .shall not perish from this earth.” (Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
Though written a few years before General John Alexander Logan gave his order, the sentences cited above, which were given by our former President Abraham Lincoln, seem to me to be a fitting tribute to give to you on this Memorial Day, 2005.
May we truly resolve that our dead have not died in vain.
Carl
Posted by plumberman029 at May 31, 2005 12:50 AM
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