{"id":2241,"date":"2008-05-26T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2008-05-24T23:56:21","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T03:56:21","slug":"memorial-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/2241","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorial Day, 26 May 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grandpop<\/a>
\nAs you enjoy your three day weekend, and the start of summer, please take a moment to reflect upon why we celebrate Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

World War I<\/strong> 116,516 killed, 204,002 wounded.1<\/sup>
\nWorld War II<\/strong> 407,316 killed, 670,846 wounded.1<\/sup>
\nKorea<\/strong> 33,651 killed 103,284 wounded.1<\/sup>
\nVietnam<\/strong> 58,168 killed, 153,303 wounded.1<\/sup>
\nGulf War<\/strong> 382 killed, 486 wounded.1<\/sup>
\nIraq<\/a> War<\/a><\/strong> 4,079 killed so far, at least 30,112 wounded.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
\n~John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.
\n~Robert E. Lee<\/p>\n

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
\n~Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
\n~Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n

\"Uncle<\/a>
\nThey that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
\n~Benjamin Franklin<\/p>\n

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
\n~H.L. Mencken<\/p>\n

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
\n~William Faulkner<\/p>\n

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
\n~Pentagon official explaining why the U.S. military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War<\/p>\n

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
\n~Georges Clemenceau<\/p>\n

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
\n~Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
\n~Mao Tse-Tung<\/p>\n

It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
\n~Robert E. Lee<\/p>\n

We make war that we may live in peace.
\n~Aristotle<\/p>\n

For everything there is a season,
\nAnd a time for every matter under heaven:
\nA time to be born, and a time to die;
\nA time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
\nA time to kill, and a time to heal;
\nA time to break down, and a time to build up;
\nA time to weep, and a time to laugh;
\nA time to mourn, and a time to dance;
\nA time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
\nA time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
\nA time to seek, and a time to lose;
\nA time to keep, and a time to throw away;
\nA time to tear, and a time to sew;
\nA time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
\nA time to love, and a time to hate,
\nA time for war, and a time for peace.
\n~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8<\/p>\n

Vietnam War Memorial<\/a>
\nKorean War Memorial<\/a>
\nWWII Memorial<\/a>
\nThe Great War<\/a><\/p>\n

1<\/sup> from here<\/a>.
\n
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Memorial Day, 26 May 2008 As you enjoy your three day weekend, and the start of summer, please take a moment to reflect upon why we celebrate Memorial Day.   World War I 116,516 killed, 204,002 wounded.1 World War II 407,316 killed, 670,846 wounded.1 Korea 33,651 killed 103,284 wounded.1 Vietnam 58,168 killed, 153,303 wounded.1 Gulf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-A9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}