 On this Memorial Day, we are called to remember. Call to remember the values we hold and the virtues we seek have been purchased. Call to remember the pride that we possess and the possessions that we collect have come with a cost. Call to remember that every challenge that we face and every choice that we make was preceded by someone who forfeited there. Call to remember that the freedom of every race and people in our nation today indelibly sits on the shoulders of every race and people who chose to pay the ultimate price yesterday. Don Nielsen has pinned a poem entitled, To Them We Ode. He writes, Happened today and in the past, Sacrifice made for hours to last. Wives to widows, Families torn, Gave their lives for them we mourn. Gone forever, Souls are lost. Freedom comes with this cost. Enjoy the life they did preserve. Fate they suffered did not deserve. On this day, lest we forget, To them we owe our life in debt.