Sound the Alarm for Our Veterans

"Military Family Network Urges America: "Sound the Alarm for Our
Veterans!"
Join in America's National Moment of Remembrance by Setting Your Cell
Phone Alarm for 3PM Local Time on Memorial Day, May 25th, 2009

Memorial Day is right around the corner. You're probably looking forward
to a great holiday weekend - maybe a small get-away, a picnic, parade, the
opening of the community pool or just the day off from work so that you
can plant your summer garden or get that overstuffed garaged cleaned out.
And, Memorial Day tells us that summer is almost here with all of its
pleasantries and treasures.

But Memorial Day isn't just about telling what's to come - it's also
about asking what has been. And in this asking, we are urged to reverently
recall our fallen service members and not to forget the countless sacrifices
made on behalf of all Americans since the Revolutionary War to present.
Indeed, this is a somber moment of tribute, honor and remembrance; but, it is
also a moment of tremendous pride, joy and gratitude, to know that these men and
women believed so fervently in our nation and its promises of freedom,
liberty and justice, that they offered up their lives to give us this
priceless gift. To take the present to remember the past demonstrates
our common heritage and reveals the strength and fortitude of our ongoing
commitment to America's democracy: of the people, for the people, by the
people. We are the custodians of their gift to us. It is fitting and
proper that we share this moment with our children so that we, and future
generations, remain connected to the benefactors that bestowed these
privileges upon us.

The National Moment of Remembrance (http://www.remember.gov/) is at 3PM
local time on Memorial Day. It urges you to set aside a quiet moment of
reflection so that "no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the
coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free
and undivided republic."
(Maj. General John A. Logan,http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/)

So, in the spirit of unity and remembrance, The Military Family Network
(http://www.militaryfamilynetwork.com) is asking you to set your cell
phone alarm to 3PM local time to join America in honoring her deceased
defenders,their widows and children; today's service members providing security and
protection to America, and their families who love and support them with
unyielding devotion at great costs to themselves.

This is what Memorial Day asks of you.

Set Those Cell Phone Alarms for 3PM!

PLEASE SHARE THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN JOIN IN THIS
NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT
http://militaryfamilynetwork.com/3pm_alarm.html.

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