A Memorial Day Message From County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan
Dear Friends,
Please allow me to take a moment to wish you all a very enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. I hope you get to spend time with your friends and family, whether it is at a neighborhood barbecue or down the shore or a cabin in the mountains.
I also hope that you take a moment to put aside your celebration and give some thought to the real meaning of Memorial Day. As you know, Memorial Day is about a lot more than barbecues, or beaches, or sales at the department store.
Memorial Day is the time to honor those who gave up their lives, so we can have better lives.
As Americans we cherish our political liberty and our personal freedoms. But infrequently do we think about how we got those freedoms or who secured them for us. Memorial Day is the time to do just that.
In the course of this weekend, please take a moment to remember that men and women died all over the world, so we can have the freedom we have today. They fought and died in jungles and in deserts against tyranny.
Families lost sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles to the never ending cause of freedom. We owe both those who died and the families who gave up their loved ones our thanks for the sacrifices they made.
The price of liberty is not cheap and many have paid the ultimate price for the liberty we enjoy today. Let’s take time to remember them and honor them this weekend.
Enjoy your holiday. God Bless America.
Kathleen A. Donovan