The Memorial's Announcement Stone "Here in the Presence of Washington and Lincoln, One the Eighteenth Century Father and the Other the Nineteenth Century Preserver of our Nation, We Honor Those Twentieth Century Americans Who Took Up the Struggle During the Second World War and Made the Sacrifices to Perpetuate the Gift Our Forefathers Entrusted to Us: A Nation Conceived in Liberty and Justice."

 

War Wall     These numbers are from The United States                      Department of  Defense                       REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783 SERVED  No Data DEATHS   443 WOUNDED  6188 WAR OF 1812 1812-1815 SERVED 286,730 BATTLE DEATHS 2,260 WOUNDED 4,505 MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848 SERVED 78,718 BATTLE DEATHS 1,733 OTHER DEATHS 11,550   WOUNDED 4,152 CIVIL WAR  1861-1865  (UNION FORCES ONLY)  SERVED  2,213,363    BATTLE DEATHS 140,414 OTHER DEATHS 224,097  WOUNDED 281,881 (Confederate Forces Only) SERVED  1,082,119 BATTLE DEATH  258,000  OTHER DEATHS   94,000 WOUNDED   164,000 SPANISH   AMERICAN WAR   1895-1902 SERVED 306,760   BATTLE DEATHS 385   OTHER DEATHS 2,061   WOUNDED 1,662  WW I 1917-1918   SERVED 4,734,991   BATTLE DEATHS 53,402   OTHER DEATHS 63,114 WOUNDED 204,002    WW II 1941-1946   SERVED 16,112,566  BATTLE DEATHS 291,557  OTHER DEATHS  113,842 WOUNDED 671,846  .    KOREAN CONFLICT   1950-1953   SERVED 5,720,000   BATTLE DEATHS 33,651    OTHER DEATHS  3,262 WOUNDED 103,284  VIET NAM CONFLICT   1964-1973   SERVED 8,744,000   BATTLE DEATHS 47,378 OTHER DEATHS 10,799    WOUNDED 153,303   .   GULF WAR   1990-1991   SERVED 1,136,658   DEATHS 148 WOUNDED 467 PERSIAN GULF  WAR March 15, 2003 SERVED 665,476 DEAD 143 WOUNDED 467 WAR IN IRAQ Starting May 2003 AS OF APRIL 17, 2004 SERVED 124,000 DEAD  793 WOUNDED 3,466

"We honor the final sacrifice of our service men and women by dedicating our own lives to peace and the defense of freedom. For these ideals they fought, and for these ideals we continue to strive. May we stand with diligence and with humility on the broad shoulders of those whose brave deeds and sacrifice we memorialize today. Let all of us commit this day, whether in public ceremony or in quiet reflection over a single grave, to remember them in fitting tribute." -- George W. Bush, President of the United States, Memorial Day 2001 More than 41 million men and women have served in the Armed Forces of this country and over a million have died defending it. On Memorial Day we pause to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can remain free. National Moment of Remembrance Along with other Americans, you are asked to spend a Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day,  at 3:00 p.m. local time (duration: one minute). The time 3:00 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when many Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday.

 

               Thank you, from grateful Citizens,
                 Al and Doris                
                                                                              
                                                                              
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