Today Americans in Lakeland and across the country will remember the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country.
Below are some honorable and patriotic quotes celebrating the importance of Memorial Day 2019
Jennifer M. Granholm
“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
George S. Patton
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.
Unknown
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
Unknown
“May we never forget freedom isn’t free.”
