A Day To Remember.

  The year is 1863 the time is late fall on  November 19,and  the place is Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania. The United States is any thing but united in fact the state of the union is in dire trouble. the country is engulfed in the Civil War and more men have just died at the battle of Gettysburg,  then anyone had seen up to that time. Gazing helplessly at the cost and carnage and the grief that comes with war President Abraham Lincoln, writes a hurried speech and he tells a fellow aid,  "This dog, wont hunt." Lincoln,  was concerned because he did not feel that he could say anything that would inspire anyone to fight on for the union or offer any real comfort to those who had lost loved ones on this tragic day. Little did Lincoln realize that he was about to give not only the greatest speech of his life but perhaps, one of the greatest speeches ever written .
  As I consider the awesome significance of the Gettysburg Address, I am struck by these particular words. "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." Memorial Day or Decoration Day as it was originally called was established and made a federal holiday to honor and remember all who had died in the Civil War. I am thankful for the freedoms we enjoy in America,  today but I sometimes wonder if those who fought and bled and died to give freedom to those who live in this nation today if those brave warriors could come back would they think they did indeed die in vain when they observe the way freedom in this society is abused. The Bible,  can't be taught in our schools and no public prayer can be said in school you don't even have to pledge allegiance to our flag anymore yet protesters can march in our streets upset because this country can't just give them everything not pausing even for a moment to remember that brave men and women everywhere over the years have given everything including their very life just so they could sit in a park or intimidate businessmen men on Wall Street or try to blow up buildings.
  This Memorial Day, please try to remember the brave men and women who lived and fought and died for the freedom we in this nation today all to often take for granted there is a price for freedom and freedom is anything but free. as always,  my friends, these thoughts remain, just some words, to think on.