It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
General George S. Patton
Something for a Memorial Day weekend. Hymn to the Fallen by John Williams.
Bonus:
The real heroes are dead.
Audie Murphy
Hymn to the Fallen
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
In the fullest measure of devotion, they gave up their tomorrows for all our todays.
Mourn them and respect them. Do not pity them. See today’s WSJ Review section.
May the faithful departed through the Mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
Beautiful music video.
It’s interesting, (for lack of a better term), that in all the European and the Philippines cemeteries the graves are marked with crosses or the Star of David, but in Arlington they are rectangular slabs.
Such slabs were the style in tombstones at the time of the Civil War when the cemetery was established.