Michael Silence has a round-up of poetic words for this Memorial Day that are leagues above what I could compose. Go read them.
To be born free is an accident. To live free is a privilege. To die free is a responsibility. — BG Robby Risner, USAF (ret) [Source, No Silence Here, TN blogs salute Memorial Day][Original Source, View from the Cumberlands, Memorial Day 2010]