Saturday, May 27, 2017

Memorial Day 2017

Dear Friends,

116,516 in World War I. 405,399 in World War II. 58,307 in Vietnam. 6,845 in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

These figures represent the number of Americans who have lost their lives as a result of war.
The numbers are staggering. As a civilian, it’s hard to fathom this immense loss of life. Losing the life of one loved one can be devastating – I can’t begin to fathom the sorrow experienced by the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones in the war.

Memorial Day is a sobering day. It’s when many Americans take time to reflect on the many souls who have sacrificed themselves to protect our country. These brave souls sacrificed themselves to protect our way of life, our democracy, and our values. They died to protect their families, their friends, and complete strangers, like you and me.

Let’s read that again. Our soldiers sacrificed themselves for you, me, and all Americans. They didn’t sacrifice themselves for Democrats, Republicans, or a specific political party. They sacrificed themselves for America.

Our country is politically polarized - different political parties never seem to agree on anything, especially on war. However, on Memorial Day, it’s important to set aside our political rhetoric and to stand united in solemn appreciation of our fallen soldiers.

Standing together in unity doesn’t violate your freedom of speech or the right to debate.
Choosing to set aside political differences in appreciation of brave servicemen and women is exercising our right to national unity.

For one day out of the year, let us set aside our political differences and remember the people who made all of our freedoms possible.

God Bless,


Jonathan A. Lu

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