"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." General George S. Patton, speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston Massachusetts (7 June 1945)
FWIW. Memorial Day is not a second Veterans Day, it was originally called Decoration Day, it is a day to specifically remember and honor those who gave the last full measure of devotion and died in the service to their country.
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