In remembrance

Today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day; yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the death of Ronald Reagan. Joseph Russo put up a wonderful post on President Reagan, which I encourage you to read; as for remembering D-Day, I don’t think anyone’s ever done a better job of that than the Gipper himself.

Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: “I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.”Strengthened by their courage and heartened by their valor and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.

May it ever be so.

Posted in Great speeches, History, In memoriam, Military, Video.

2 Comments

  1. Why is it that those in power can send young men to die for ideals, but the very people in power cannot seem to live and work for those same ideals?

  2. Some do, some don't–no one perfectly, in either direction. It's worth noting that the first part of your apposition is easier than the second.

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