Memorial Day Quotes, Cards & Pictures

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Memorial Day(Decoration Day) is a day to express our gratitude to the people who died while in military service of the United States of America. In 2015, Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25.

Memorial Day Quotation

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation’s wars. – John M. McHugh

I don’t have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world. – President Ronald Reagan

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell.

The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. – Jeff Miller

The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem. – Aaron Kilbourn

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours. – Wallace Bruce

We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. –  Francis A. Walker

Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that’s a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It’s a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it. – Pete Hegseth

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. – Benjamin Disraeli

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.  – President John F. Kennedy

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! – Maya Angelou

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice. –  President Barack Obama

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices. – President Harry Struman

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. – Michael N. Castle

Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays…. The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. – President John F. Kennedy

Memorial Day Pictures, Card & Images

Memorial Day card: Wishing you a blessed Memorial Day (credit: Crosscards.com)

We cherish too, the Poppy red; that grows on fields where valor led; it seems to signal to the skies; that blood of heroes never dies – Moina Michael.

To those who gave their lives that America may be free: thank you, may we never forget their sacrifice. Have a blessed Memorial Day.

Ceremonies are important, but our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops and once a year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well – Jennifer Granholm

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave – Elmer Davis

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