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Memorial Day Calls Us To Live Worthy Of Sacrifice
Memorial Day can feel like a holiday on the calendar until you’ve watched a grieving unit file onto an aircraft and stand over flag-draped coffins. I’m Todd, and I wanted to slow down and treat this day with the reverence it deserves, drawing from my time flying C-130s and carrying fallen service members on their first leg home. Those memories shaped how I see the American flag, why certain “debates” hit the heart differently, and why remembrance is never abstract when you’ve seen the cost up close.
I ask what did their sacrifice protect?
Agency.
Freedom to choose, to worship, to speak, to…
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