Monday, May 25, 2009

Tribute to Small-Town Heroes; The Real Reason We Celebrate Memorial Day

Rick Moran has the following pearls of wisdom to offer (and more):

"I have lived in urban, suburban, ex-urban, and now rural America in my life. But this singular fact of existence dominates the pace of life in the small towns that dot the landscape of the prairie and imbues the people with a deep respect for the land and the Lord’s bounty that is reaped as a result of hard work, sweat, and good luck.

"Perhaps it is no accident then that so many of America’s fallen hailed from towns with place names that are familiar only to those who live but a stone’s throw from where these heroes grew up...."

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