Operation AXIOM

To-day is not the day we as a body politic honor our veterans, though honors aplenty they deserve. To-day is not the day we as a body politic thank our active-duty soldiers, sailors, airmen, & Marines, though thanks aplenty they deserve. To-day is the day we as a body politic remember our glorious dead, those who gave the last full measure of devotion in defense of us as a free people. There is a Veterans' Day. There is an Armed Forces Day. Please, in the name of all that is holy, allow Memorial Day to be Memorial Day.



The Rebel Black Dot Sea Shanty of Memorial Day
Rob Carriker, "Give a Little Credit to the Navy" from Over There!: Songs from America's Wars (T.L.A.M.)