Memorial Day 2010

Memorial Day 2010

I spent a better part of my day on Saturday at the American Legion to help set up for the Memorial day service. I had the honor of setting up the POW memorial table for this event. (Yes it was a day early but our post has members involved in may different groups) What a beautiful service it was with the memorial garden, honor guard and 21 gun salute it was a great reminder of what this country's freedom is all about.

However I am a bit distressed and am angry that our own president Barack Hussein Obama could not manage to make it to Arlington Cemetery to honor our fallen heroes at the tomb of the unknown soldier. Instead he sent his vice president to do the honor of placing the wreath. So I have expressed my feelings in a letter to the president himself:


Dear Mr. President,

Wouldn't attending the national memorial service have been a great lesson in patriotism and sacrifice of country for your daughters to have learned? Standing with your two little ones watching the changing of the guard in front of the Tomb of the unknowns. You would have seen a young woman lay down on the grave of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Noah Pier.(Pier was killed Feburary 12, 2010 in Marja, Afghanistan.) This was her way of spending one last day in the sun with him. However you and your family were simply not there.

It breaks my heart that the man that is the commander and chief of this proud nation couldn't be bothered to show up for this service especially since this is your FIRST Arlington Memorial service. While my own Brother this week re-enlisted with the military for another 4 years and at completion of this service will be a total of 20 years dedication and service for this great nation. Many of these services have taken him to Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. He has even been involved with freeing people from the Somali pirates. These last 4 years of service are going to be under your administration Mr. President. I can only hope that during this time that you will find a better way to honor our veterans as well as the men and women who risk their lives to protect the freedoms that we have here in this nation of the United States of America.