Blog Number Seventeen: Memorial Day

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This blog will be a different kind of the normal blog we here at the Edge usually slap together, as today is a different kind of day. Today is Memorial Day, and today's blog will be a bit of a tool to remembering those brave men and women who fight to protect our freedoms. Whether or not you are for or against the current militeristic conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, these brave souls who strap on the kevlar and throw their M-16 over their shoulder daily need to remembered for their sacrifice.

Quote Of The Day

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of free and undivided republic."

-- General John Logan, General Order No. 11, 5 May 1868

Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, but Memorial Day also a day to remember, not only those who have died in battle, but those who are still missing or in capture somewhere.

Visit the government Defense POW/MIA site for more information on POW/MIA issues.

Another site to check out is The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. They help families whose loved ones died during fighting in Vietnam, as well as missions to Laos and Cambodia.

Quote Number Two Of The Day

"I just want you to know I tried to do the right thing ... I didn't always do things on your time line, but I've always looked up to you, Dad, as the man I've always wanted to be."

- Patrick Tainsh, 29 years old, killed in Iraq. The quote was taken from a note he had written to his family in the event of his death.

Let us never forget the wounded, the dead, the still-in-combat. Even those, like my uncle, who came home and was left with his horrific thoughts of war.

Let us never forget.