Remember @ 3pm
WASHINGTON - President Bush is asking Americans to pay tribute to those who have served and lost their lives by pausing for "a moment of remembrance" this Memorial Day. Bush said the moment of remembrance would be marked Monday at 3 p.m. local time. "At that moment, Major League Baseball games will pause, the National Memorial Day parade will halt, Amtrak trains will blow their whistles and buglers in military cemeteries will play taps," he said Saturday in his weekly radio address. He asked that as we celebrate Memorial Day that we honor all the sacrifices that Americans have made to defend our freedom.
"No words are adequate to console those who have lost a loved one serving our nation," Bush said. "We can only offer our prayers and join in their grief. We grieve for the mother who hears the sound of her child's 21-gun salute. We grieve for the husband or wife who receives a folded flag. We grieve for a young son or daughter who only knows Dad from a photograph."
"All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should."
Samuel Adams
We are free because of all the sacrifices our veterans and those now serving have made for our freedom. They valued our freedom enough to serve their country and even give their lives.
This Memorial Day as we attend picnics and gatherings with friends and families take a moment to remember.
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