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Memorial Day, 2019

May 27, 2019 By Carole

Today I’m sharing with you the speech I will be giving this morning at the Memorial Day Ceremony on our Town Common. It’s short but meaningful, I think, and I hope you will take something from it that will carry you through this day.

Greetings from the Board of Selectmen!  It gives me great pride to be part of our town’s Memorial Day ceremony and to have this opportunity to speak to you about how we can respect and honor those who gave their lives fighting for our nation.

More than 1.1 million men and women have died during wartime in our country, an astounding number that doesn’t even take into account those who were wounded or went missing, and it’s a number that should truly humble us. It’s a number that represents people – sons and daughters, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, brothers, sisters and friends, people who were loved and missed and mourned. Personally, I do not know what it’s like to send someone you love off to war. I do not know how it feels to say, good bye, be careful, I’m proud of you and I love you. But I do know those who have done just that and said those words. And I do know those who have gotten a telegram, a middle of the night phone call, a knock on the door, with the news they dread, that the one they love most in the world isn’t coming home. This is the reality of military service and it is what we take to heart on Memorial Day: we are able to be here largely thanks to those who are not.

This gathering here may be small, it may even feel insignificant, but that’s not the case. Our gathering is part of other gatherings taking place all across our country today and together we are mighty, we are proud, and we are thankful. May God bless and keep our fallen, our veterans and active military, and the United States of America.  

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  1. Kat says

    May 27, 2019 at 7:35 am

    Beautiful, Carole. Thank you for allowing me to feel like I am part of the gathering in your town. XO

  2. Becky says

    May 27, 2019 at 8:00 am

    Perfect, Carole, this is just perfect in execution and sentiment. Thanks for sharing this.

  3. Barbara Seiver says

    May 27, 2019 at 8:54 am

    That’s amazing: a politician that knows how to say what’s important, then stop. Well written!

  4. Jo says

    May 27, 2019 at 8:58 am

    Well said. I am sorry for those who lost their life…but I am also for those who have been scarred because of their fighting experience.

  5. Sarah says

    May 27, 2019 at 9:29 am

    Beautiful words, Carole. I too do not have direct experience with a loved one going off to fight, but I am only a couple of generations removed from it. It’s good for all of us to remember that it it through the sacrifice of others that so few of us have the direct experience today.

  6. Bonny says

    May 27, 2019 at 10:17 am

    Your words are lovely, heartfelt, and to the point. Everyone who serves in the military is someone to somebody, so it is easy for us to say a collective “good bye, be careful, I’m proud of you and I love you”. I am grateful every day for all of their many sacrifices.

  7. kim in oregon says

    May 27, 2019 at 10:56 am

    Lovely sentiments! For some reason, I’m thinking a lot about Memorial Day today and really appreciate this post.

  8. Lydia says

    May 27, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    A wonderful reminder Carole-thanks!

  9. Kim says

    May 27, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    Beautiful, heartfelt words…<3

  10. margene says

    May 28, 2019 at 10:35 am

    Amen

  11. Patty says

    May 28, 2019 at 4:01 pm

    Perfect. E.B. is a lucky community!

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