05/25/2026
There are men and women we’ll never meet who made sure we got to wake up this morning in a country that’s still ours.
They left families behind. Kids who grew up with a folded flag instead of a father or mother. Wives and husbands who learned what an empty side of the bed feels like for the rest of their lives. Parents who outlived their children.
They did it so we could live the way we live. Work our jobs, raise our kids, argue about small things, take a quiet Monday for granted. Freedom isn’t a word to them. It’s what they paid for with everything they had.
Today we remember them. And we say thank you, to them, and to the families who are still carrying it.