Memorial Day Sayings And Quotes

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“From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.”
– Allen West

“While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country.”
– Allen West

“Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected.”
– Allen West

“To those of you mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. We remember that the blessings that we enjoy as Americans came at a dear cost. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we cannot ever fully repay. But we can honor their sacrifice, and we must. We must honor it in our own lives by holding their memories close to our hearts, and heeding the example they set.”
– Barack Obama

“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.”
– Benjamin Harrison

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”
– Bible – Psalm 34:18 (NLT)

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
– Bible – Matthew 5:4 (NIV)

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
– Bible – Psalm 23:4 (KJV)

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.”
– Bible – Psalm 33:12 (NIV)

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.”
– Bible Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NIV)

“Happy Memorial Day! Thank you all Veterans and your families. You make America great! ‘All gave some…Some gave all.”‘
– Billy Ray Cryus

“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
– Bob Riley

“The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat!
But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red,
The starry lives that keep its field alight.”
– Charles Sangster

” The hero dead cannot expire: The dead still play their part.”
– Charles Sangster

“Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!”
– Courteney Cox

“On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program.”
– Danica Patrick

“Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.”
– Daniel Webster

“137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America’s most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed – it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.”
– Doc Hastings

“The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.”
– Eileen Elias Freeman

“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.”
– Francis A Walker

“They fell, but o’er that glorious grave
Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.”
– Francis Marion Crawford

“Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.”
– Frank Knox

“Fold him in his country’s stars.
Roll the drum and fire the volley!
What to him are all our wars,
What but death bemocking folly?”
– George Henry Boker

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
– George S. Patton

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
– George Washington

“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”
– George William Curtis

“I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.”
– Glenn Beck

“They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast,
And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.”
– Henry Ward Beecher

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