Memorial Day Quotes 2010
By jayita, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, June 1, 2010
NEWYORK (GaeaTimes.com) — Memorial Day is celebrated on May 31 to commemorate those brave heart who had served in the armed forces.
Memorial Day has been celebrated for over 100 years. But it was only 1971, when it was declared as a National Holiday.
In 1968, Civil War General John Logan started Memorial Day. It was called Decoration Day at that time.
Memorial Day Quotes
The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem.
-Aaron Kilbourn
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
-Joseph Campbell
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We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.
-Francis A. Walker
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The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.
-Thomas Campbell
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For love of country they accepted death…
-James A. Garfield
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The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.
-William Havard
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