Comments on: Happy Memorial Day http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/05/31/happy-memorial-day/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Andrew Klavan http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/05/31/happy-memorial-day/#comment-1004 Andrew Klavan Mon, 31 May 2010 15:43:16 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=663#comment-1004 A fair point. But more importantly, God bless you and keep your son. After a lifetime of working with words, I find I have no words big enough to express either my debt or my gratitude. To you and all those who loved a fallen fighter: God's strength; God's peace. And - humbly - thank you for my freedom. A fair point. But more importantly, God bless you and keep your son. After a lifetime of working with words, I find I have no words big enough to express either my debt or my gratitude. To you and all those who loved a fallen fighter: God’s strength; God’s peace. And – humbly – thank you for my freedom.

]]> By: wcgreen http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/05/31/happy-memorial-day/#comment-1003 wcgreen Mon, 31 May 2010 15:19:50 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=663#comment-1003 Should I ever become President (an unlikely occurrence), I will observe my first official Memorial Day not at Arlington, but at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Why? Because my son is buried there. Will I be failing to pay tribute to the fallen interred at Arlington if I do so? Pres. Obama's itinerary for today includes a trip to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. It's newer and smaller than Arlington, but the military buried there, both the KIA and the veterans of WWII, are no less deserving of honor and remembrance than those at Arlington. Whether Pres. Obama will render that honor adequately is a completely different question. Should I ever become President (an unlikely occurrence), I will observe my first official Memorial Day not at Arlington, but at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Why? Because my son is buried there. Will I be failing to pay tribute to the fallen interred at Arlington if I do so?

Pres. Obama’s itinerary for today includes a trip to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. It’s newer and smaller than Arlington, but the military buried there, both the KIA and the veterans of WWII, are no less deserving of honor and remembrance than those at Arlington.

Whether Pres. Obama will render that honor adequately is a completely different question.

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