In this time of ignorance, when our true heritage, gifted to us by the sacrifice of so many who put cause before self is under assault, we pause to take measure of the cost of freedom.

Looking around our great republic today, we’re reminded of the obvious benefits of freedom, “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” to name a few. That individual liberty, bestowed on us by the hand of God and reinforced by the written accords of self-government in the time of the Puritans and Colonials has changed the world for better and forever.

But history has also shown us the cost of freedom in the form of its enemies, those who would manipulate and suppress it, thus it must be defended. So this Memorial Day 2018 we honor brave men and women who’ve stood and fallen in freedom’s name. Accordingly, may we endeavor to understand and teach freedom to our children. Not the nonsensical gibberish we hear on university campuses today, but rather the hard-fought freedom which gave birth to the rights of all Americans.

So fly the flag my fellow Americans, stand for the anthem and remember, it may be your “right” to do otherwise, but is it really “right”?

Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it. John Adams to Abigail Adams April 1777 (as written)