Memorial Day 2010

As you go about your day today I hope you pause and reflect for a moment on those who have paid the ultimate price for our nation and the freedoms we each enjoy through their service in the armed forces. I also hope you will remember that for every man or women who died in service to our nation they left behind spouses, children, parents, and siblings who still grieve and who are still in the process of healing.

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Not all who have fallen are brought home but it is good to know that they are honored were they fell. The American Battle Monuments Commission administers, operates and maintains 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil where over 124,000 U.S. war dead have been interred.

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Manila, Philippines

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North Africa, Tunisia

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Aisne-Marne, France

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Cambridge, England

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Aisne-Marne, France (2,289)

Ardennes, Belgiumn (5,329)

Brittany, France (4,410)

Brookwood, England (468)

Cambridge, England (3,812)

Corozal, Panama (5,364)

Epinal, France (5,255)

Flanders Field, Belgium (368)

Florence, Italy (4,402)

Henri-Chapelle, Belgium (7,992)

Lorraine, France (10,489)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg (5,076)

Manila, Philippines (17,202)

Meuse-Argonne, France (14,246)

Mexico City, Mexico (750)

Netherlands, Netherlands (8,301)

Normandy, France (9,387)

North Africa, Tunisia (2,841)

Oise-Aisne, France (6,012)

Rhone, France (861)

Sicily-Rome, Italy (7,861)

Somme, France (1,844)

St Mihiel, France (4,153)

Suresnes, France (1,565)

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Grace & Peace