At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, take a moment
DEAR ABBY: "Lest we forget" - these three simple, but very meaningful words are a reminder to always remember the sacrifices made for our freedom.
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EAR ABBY:
"Lest we forget" - these three simple, but very meaningful words are a reminder
to always remember
the sacrifices made for our freedom.
I recently read about a Vietnam veteran who will never forget Memorial Day in 1970.
He was wounded in the jungles on that day, fighting for his life with his comrades. Almost his entire company had been wounded or killed during an early morning attack by the North Vietnamese army. Although he was the first wounded, the first to die were soldiers on either side of him.
Not a Memorial Day goes by without him hearing from his remaining comrades. They, too, have never forgotten that deadly attack because they experienced the holiday's true meaning.
A patriotic organization, No Greater Love (ngl.org), initiated the National Moment of Remembrance established by Congress, in 2000. At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, Americans are asked to pause, wherever they are, to honor those who have died for our freedom throughout history.
For more than 40 years, the AFL-CIO, North America's building-trades unions, Ironworkers, firefighters and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers - in union with No Greater Love - have honored our fallen, our troops, our veterans and their families, and have participated in the National Moment of Remembrance.
And Major League Baseball games also will observe the Moment.
This is a moment of love - a love for those we honor and their families and a love of God and country.
Let us never forget.
Remember to pause and say a prayer at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day. - Carmella LaSpada, founder, No Greater Love
DEAR CARMELLA: Thank you for the timely reminder.
Readers, tomorrow is Memorial Day. I know many of you will be busy with barbecues at the park, swimming and sunning at the beach, shopping in the malls, or watching baseball in person or on television.
But please, folks, take a moment and join me in participating in the Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. because that's what this holiday is really all about.