What is YOUR role this Memorial Day?
To All of Us in the Marine Parents Community,
Memorial Day is a day for reflection, remembrance, and honoring the men and women who have died in service to our country.
While the COVID-19 pandemic may change our schedules a bit this year, it is typically a weekend that most Americans spend with friends and family outdoors with the season's first barbecue. This is what Americans love to do; gather with friends and enjoy the start of summer. I don't see any value in criticizing those who enjoy gathering on what is for most, a 3-day weekend.
I do see this as an opportunity for YOU, to take the message of honoring and paying respect to the brave men and women who have given their lives in the service of keeping you and me free, to your friends and family today.
Please ask those you are gathered with today to pause for a moment of silence to honor and remember the sacrifices so many have made for our freedom. We can never forget those who gave their lives; the past, present, and future generations of America's warriors.
While MarineParents.com, Inc. may not be as large as some of the other military-based organizations you may be familiar with, what we lack in size, we make up for in consistency. For more than 17 years now, we've made it our mission to provide support, information, and services to our men and women in uniform, as well as their family members.
Whether it's been serving meals to recovering warriors, providing financial assistance to military families, helping troops and their family members through difficult times in other ways, and providing a place to connect and share, we're here.
None of what we do would be possible without our freedom. Our freedom would not be possible without the ultimate sacrifices of our men and women in uniform. Today is the day to remember and honor those who gave all.
God bless and Semper Fi,
Tracy Della Vecchia
Founder and Executive Director
MarineParents.com, Inc.
