Memorial Day - the Cost of our Freedom
"O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, Who more than self their country love, And mercy more than life!" -"America the Beautiful"
The Montana Medical Freedom Alliance solemnly remembers our fallen heroes this Memorial Day weekend.
It was President James Garfield who issued an executive order on May 28, 1881, the only one of his presidency, to declare May 30th a day off for government workers so they could decorate the graves of those who died in the Civil War. Our young country lost 618,000 soldiers during the Civil war (1861-1865). This nearly equals the losses of all other wars combined.
https://prospect.org/power/american-war-dead-numbers/
Before the start of D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy, President Franklin Roosevelt offered this prayer:
“Almighty God, Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization ...
Give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces ...
We know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph ... Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom."
The “some will never return” totaled 405,399 American soldiers from World War II.
We have much to reflect on and be thankful for. We pay tribute to each life sacrificed for our freedom.
Many conservatives and patriots are celebrating, once again, a commander-in-chief who loves our county, is bringing excellence back to our military, and is denouncing the “woke ideology” like critical race theory and transgenderism that has seeped into our country’s top leadership. President Trump was invited to give the West Point commencement address today.
President Trump: “Generation after generation our men and women of the army have done whatever it takes to defend our flag, pouring out their blood on the fields of battle all over the world. And all over the world you’re respected, Our soldiers have sprinted through storms of bullets, clouds of shrapnel, slogged through miles of dirt, oceans of sand, scaled towering cliffs of jagged rock, and time and time again, the American soldier has charged into the fires of hell and sent the devil racing in full retreat.”
Our recruitment numbers are skyrocketing. America is back.
God Bless America and God Bless our fallen soldiers.
Happy Memorial Day — please spend a moment in gratitude.
