thank you for your service and sacrifice
on memorial day and every day
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text credit: excerpt from the fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon’s 1914 poem, “For the Fallen”, known as the “Ode of Remembrance,” frequently used to honor those who gave their lives in service.
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“heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory.
sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.”
–mary roach
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there are very few families in this country who have not been touched in some way by the military conflicts, both current and past. thank you for your sacrifice. “LEST WE FORGET” is so very important for a reason. it implores us to be wary as a nation, because a nation that forgets runs the risk of losing freedom or repeating mistakes of the past.
“in the aftermath, we are because they were.”
-r,h, heller, poet/photographer
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photo credit: veteran’s administration
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