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In observance of Memorial Day, we
dedicate this issue of the Lunchtime Liberty Update to the many brave men
and women fighting for freedom at home and abroad.
Freedom Line:
Stone, Metal and Memories
They fought and died in the
hedgerows of France and tiny islands of the Pacific, in dank submarines and
fragile merchant ships, in the ancient cities of North Africa and the jungles of
the Philippines. They sacrificed everything to defend freedom in its greatest
hour of need.
On Memorial Day, when the new World War II Memorial officially opens on the
National Mall, we will finally establish a permanent monument to all they did
and all they gave.
The new Memorial is appropriately breathtaking. Sitting in the shadow of the
Washington Monument and opposite the Lincoln Memorial, it fits on the Mall as if
it had always been there. The wide span of the Memorial and its surrounding
grounds convey the tremendous scope and the all-or-nothing stakes of the
conflict. Most importantly, its classical design and quiet somberness focus
visitors' attentions on those who went to war and the ones who never made it
home.
To read more,
click here.
Freedom Line: Guest Commentary
It's a Fight for Survival -- Pull
Out All Stops
By Bruce Herschensohn
It may seem to be a radical idea,
but why not use every means possible -- without politically correct detours --
to win the war against terrorism?
Our victory in World War II was not achieved by trying to win the hearts and
minds of Germans and Japanese. We did not dominate the newsreels with pictures
of those things a few American troops did to captured enemies. We did not call
for an end to domestic profiling. We did not demonstrate against our military
involvement. There was not the outrageous political complaint that "I support
the troops but oppose the war."
Instead of all that, we bombed our enemies to submission with all the power and
weaponry we had available. After our costly invasion of Europe, with immense
U.S. casualties, the atomic bomb was ready -- and to prevent another invasion we
used it on Japan. Today, we justifiably call those Americans of the 1940s "the
Greatest Generation." During those years of war there was one issue: winning the
war by demanding absolute and unconditional surrender of our enemies. Other
issues were put aside as luxuries that would be reserved for a later time; there
was not a simultaneous cry for saving the environment and a demand for creating
more jobs and an insistence on government-provided healthcare and lower costs
for prescription drugs.
To read more,
click here.
Thank Our Troops:
Thank Our Troops
This Memorial Day, a grateful nation
dedicates a long-awaited monument honoring the brave men and women who fought in
the Second World War to ensure our freedom for generations to come.
American troops are today engaged in the defense of freedom and all of them
deserve our support, respect and gratitude as they carry out their mission.
Please take a moment to post a message to the troops and tell them how much you
appreciate their commitment to our great country and to the ideals for which it
stands.
To post your message to the
troops on CFIF's online bulletin board,
click here.
CFIF
History & Civics Quiz:
Question of the Week
Memorial Day was first widely celebrated to commemorate the sacrifices of the
soldiers in which war?
(a) Revolutionary War
(b) Civil War
(c) World War I
(d) World War II
For the correct answer,
click here.
Notable Quotes:
Quote of the Week
"We will always remember. We will
always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free."
President Ronald Reagan, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984
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