STORIES FROM AMERICA'S CONFLICTS

Sharing Stories as An Act of Love

For over 140 years, Americans have gathered together on Memorial Day to honor our fallen service men and women and the dream they died for – that today’s children, and the children of tomorrow, will live in peace.

On the 2007 National Memorial Day Concert, Jimmy Smits reminded us that grieving fallen loved ones, however painful, is an honoring of those who have given their lives for us.

This section of our website offers opportunities to tell your own personal story and to take comfort in the words of others in the spirit of remembrance and healing that marks Memorial Day

One way to honor our heroes is to share their stories and write a eulogy or remembrance. 

Each veteran’s experience with war is an important part of history that should be passed on to future generations.  Sharing these experiences can have a powerful healing effect both for veterans and their families.

This and past National Memorial Day Concerts focus on meaningful and representative stories of our heroes. Read a selection of these stories from previous shows.

Caitlin Wachs and Gail O’Grady with those honored on the 2008 National Memorial Day Concert

REFLECTIONS

“My beloved brother, I pay tribute to you on this Memorial Day, 2008. May 25th will be the 38th anniversary of your Ultimate Sacrifice in Cambodia. I miss you so very much and think of you every day. You have been an inspiration to me every day of my life. I am so proud of you. You will always be my hero!”

Carol Sharpe, Proud Sister of Sgt. Charles D. Sharpe
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