10:31:23 pm 05/25/2025
The Unseen Heroes of Memorial Day: Why We Must Remember Every Sacrifice
I want to start by sharing something with you about a conversation I had last year. My friend’s grandfather came home from Vietnam with a metal plate in his leg and nightmares he never talked about. On Memorial Day, my friend would visit his grave and then spend the rest of the day helping him clean out old military boxes—letters, dog tags, photos he’d tucked away for decades. When I asked why, he said: "He didn’t just die in a war. He lived with one."
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I want to start by sharing something with you about a conversation I had last year. My friend’s grandfather came home from Vietnam with a metal plate in his leg and nightmares he never talked about. On Memorial Day, my friend would visit his grave and then spend the rest of the day helping him clean out old military boxes—letters, dog tags, photos he’d tucked away for decades. When I asked why, he said: "He didn’t just die in a war. He lived with one."












