Perhaps my most memorable, Memorial Day was not on Memorial Day at all. It was on an earlier date on a May morn in an American Cemetery, a decade or so ago. The coastal fog had yet dissipated which added to the somber, quiet accent over the many white crosses and stars. At Pont du Hoc the sea pounded the Normandie cliffs and beaches like Utah and Omaha, where so many young Americans left their lives for a greater cause...our freedom. There are some today think it was in vein as Afghanistan and Iraq and places yet in the daily press and 24 hour news cycle. The world is not just where a bow or curtsey and a bunch of redress heals all differences. In the meantime, American might must not take a second place in world affairs and humanitarian efforts, especially as a fragnenteing Europe ( so called allies) are cut loose from there moorings (the EU will collapse) is not a reassuring prospect for American's own safety.

God Bless America