Today, more than most days, we remember those who have put it all on the line for something more precious than life itself… Freedom.

Two and a half centuries ago real freedom was a dream. We would have to wait for a courageous few willing and wise enough to create a form of government which protected the rights of it’s citizens instead of usurping them. At a great cost our nation was given that freedom and over the years we have paid an even greater cost to maintain it. Unfortunately, over those years our freedoms have been slowly eroded until the freedom we have now is a shadow of what we once had.

Even so on this Memorial Day we honor those who have fought on home or foreign soil. We honor those who returned and especially those who are still missing or those who fell defending our Freedom. Our fathers, brothers, grandfathers, sisters and mothers. Today, more than most days, I take my hat off to you.