Good ones from Ben Stein and Chris Hitchens. I think this one is the most relevant to our current situation. Joe Knippenberg links to this music from We Were Soldiers.
Yesterday in church the pastor spoke on the subject of memory. One of the worst things that can happen to a person is to lose memory, as in an older person struck with Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia. We say that that person is "lost" or "isn't the same person" anymore as they cannot relate to anyone around them and they have lost the memory of who they are. The same thing can happen to a people. For example, we as Americans can forget who we are and where we came from. We can forget how we came by all these riches and comforts. A nation that cannot remember is a nation that has lost its identity [side note, see David McCullough on the subject of history and remembering]. Memorial Day, as the name suggests, is a day to remember those who came before us, especially those who gave their lives so that "government of the people by the people and for the people, shall not perish from this earth." Naturally, our pastor concluded by saying the most important thing to remember is that Jesus Christ died for our sins, winning the greatest victory ever won; the victory over death. Now that's something worth remembering. In fact Christ asks us to do so ("do this in memory of me").
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