Contemplate no less than what you yourself have not given.

No matter the cause, no matter whether it be just or unjust, imagine the sacrifice of so many in so short a time.

Listen to the still voices of all those who have come before.

Let heartfelt appreciation and respect fill your thoughts of too many young men and women who sacrificed all for that in which they believed.

Hear the midnight chimes as they sound for lives shattered, cut short in mere infancy.

Ponder more than 230 years of heritage paid for with blood other than your own.

Consider shadows dark and deep into which fell those in uniform.

Honor our brothers and sisters, and respect the price they paid so that we might live a better life.