Memorial Day Sentiment

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast,
And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.
~Thomas Jefferson

Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life.
It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.
~Woodrow Wilson

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.
I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
~Abraham Lincoln

To all who have served,
To those who gave all,
From the bottom of my heart,
Thank you.

{linked to Mosaic Monday's over at the Little Red House}
{click to see the beautiful flowers Mary has for you today}