Please join Alpine Township Elected Officials and friends and family of veterans buried at Alpine Township cemeteries for a brief ceremony at Pine Grove Cemetery, 6200 Vinton M.W. at 11:00 A.M.
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2014
– President Barack Obama today proclaimed Memorial Day, May 26, 2014, as a day
for all Americans to “never forget” the service and sacrifices of U.S. military
members in defense of the nation and to “pray for and hold close the families
of the fallen.”
The president’s
proclamation reads as follows:
Constant in the American
narrative is the story of men and women who loved our country so deeply they
were willing to give their all to keep it safe and free. When a revolution
needed to be won and our Union needed to be
preserved, brave patriots stepped forward. When our harbor was bombed and our
country was attacked on a clear September morning, courageous warriors raised
their hands and said, "send me." On the last Monday of each May, our
Nation comes together to honor the selfless heroes who have defended the land
we love and in so doing gave their last full measure of devotion.
Today, we pause to
remember our fallen troops, to mourn their loss, and to pray for their loved
ones. Though our hearts ache, we find a measure of solace in knowing their
legacy lives on in the families our heroes left behind -- the proud parents who
instilled in their sons and daughters the values that led them to serve; the
remarkable spouses who gave our Nation the person they cherished most in the
world; and the beautiful children who will grow up with the knowledge that
their mother or father embodied the true meaning of patriotism. To those we
lost, we owe a profound debt that can never be fully repaid. But we can honor
the fallen by caring for their loved ones and keeping faith with our veterans
and their fellow brothers and sisters in arms.
The security that lets
us live in peace, the prosperity that allows us to pursue our dreams, the
freedom that we cherish -- these were earned by the blood and the sacrifices of
patriots who went before. This Memorial Day, as we near the end of more than a
decade of war, let us never forget their service and always be worthy of the
sacrifices made in our name. And today and every day, let us pray for and hold
close the families of the fallen.
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
BARACK OBAMA, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim
Memorial Day, May 26, 2014, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I
designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a
time to unite in prayer. I also ask all Americans to observe the National
Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord
two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence
of the United States of
America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
BARACK OBAMA
