Great Memorial Day tribute from General Mattis... the whole article (attached here) is concise and worth reading, but my favorite part are these last few paragraphs:
"We are most indebted to our veterans who fell, and their families, for the survival of this experiment. They can never be fully repaid, but we begin to do so by respecting one another in this land of boundless possibilities, because those who faced down danger and paid the price on our behalf deserve no less.
Many of us enjoy America's freedom by an accident of birth, yet we all live free in this land by our own choice. It is our responsibility to show respect and genuine friendship to each other as fellow citizens--including those with whom we sometimes disagree--by unifying around our radical idea [government of the people, by the people, for the people]. That is how we can meet our ultimate responsibility: to turn over to the next generation a republic in better shape than we received it.
Those who fell while wearing our nation's cloth in defense of freedom, and the Gold Star families of their survivors, paid an everlasting price. Every American owes them a commitment to keeping vibrant the experiment for which they died."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-mattis-social-distancing-cant-stop-the-closeness-we-feel-honoring-the-cost-of-freedom/2020/05/22/b4a1be16-9c47-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html
"We are most indebted to our veterans who fell, and their families, for the survival of this experiment. They can never be fully repaid, but we begin to do so by respecting one another in this land of boundless possibilities, because those who faced down danger and paid the price on our behalf deserve no less.
Many of us enjoy America's freedom by an accident of birth, yet we all live free in this land by our own choice. It is our responsibility to show respect and genuine friendship to each other as fellow citizens--including those with whom we sometimes disagree--by unifying around our radical idea [government of the people, by the people, for the people]. That is how we can meet our ultimate responsibility: to turn over to the next generation a republic in better shape than we received it.
Those who fell while wearing our nation's cloth in defense of freedom, and the Gold Star families of their survivors, paid an everlasting price. Every American owes them a commitment to keeping vibrant the experiment for which they died."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-mattis-social-distancing-cant-stop-the-closeness-we-feel-honoring-the-cost-of-freedom/2020/05/22/b4a1be16-9c47-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html
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