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Memorial Day 2013

Saturday, 25 May 2013 15:00 Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 16:19 Written by Judy McCloskey

Friends,

 
Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, it is a day set apart for a grateful nation to remember and honor the lives sacrificed in time of national defense and war.  
 
This weekend, visitors to Arlington’s 624 acre National Cemetery will see every grave marker appropriately ‘decorated’ with an American flag.  Other veteran cemeteries will do likewise.
 
In December 2000, National Moment of Remembrance Act,” P.L. 106-579 was passed by Congress and signed by then President George W. Bush.  The US Department of Veteran’s Affairs notes:
 
The National Moment of Remembrance encourages all Americans to pause wherever they are at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day for a minute of silence to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation. As Moment of Remembrance founder Carmella LaSpada states: “It’s a way we can all help put the memorial back in Memorial Day.”
 
Three o’clock is the hour of Divine Mercy, an hour of particular grace. To juxtapose the remembrance soldiers’ ultimate sacrifice with the death of our Lord is to prayerfully unite their sacrifice to that of Christ’s. It is a channel of authentic divine blessings upon the nation, its military, its families, its leadership.
 
What to remember on Memorial Day
+Pray for those who have died in service to their country. 
+Pray for renewed strength and good courage for those who live with the memory of that loss. 
+Pray that returning veterans “honor those we have lost by living up to the ideals they died defending. (Presidential Proclaimation, Memorial Day 2013)”
 
 
Blessings to you and your extended family this Memorial Day and always,

Judy McCloskey

Obama to Award MOH to Fr Kapaun

Wednesday, 13 March 2013 09:53 Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:35 Written by WH Office of the Press Secretrary

On April 11, President Barack Obama will award Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.

Chaplain Kapaun will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan , Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1-2, 1950.

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Although he never wore his religion on his sleeve, Tom Moorer was a man of faith. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs he had been at the forefront in the legal fight to preserve mandatory chapel at the Naval Academy against the suit brought by the ACLU where he won at first but then lost on appeal. But in recent actions akin to mandatory chapel at the Naval Academy, such as the suit to deny mealtime prayer to VMI Cadets – recognizing that the ACLU’s ultimate target is the U.S. Naval Academy and even our capital ships at sea – he authorized the use of Naval Aviation Foundation funds to support a Friend-of- the-Court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to the ACLU position. In Tom Moorer’s view it was foolish to deny prayer to an institution and services formed to train and deploy men for combat in defense of the nation. Prayer and especially unit led prayer can be a great morale booster for the troops going into battle as General George Patton proved in the Bulge with his Christmas Day prayer before Bastogne.

--RADM Clarence A. (Mark) Hill, Jr.,USN (Ret)

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