I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
On Behalf of a Grateful Nation
Pictures
A Final Farewell
A Former Enemy Visits an Old Friend
Bonds that Never Break
Friends
Baroness Thatcher’s Personal Statement:
President Reagan was one of my closest political and dearest personal friends.
He will be missed not only by those who knew him and not only by the nation that he served so proudly and loved so deeply, but also by millions of men and women who live in freedom today because of the policies he pursued
Ronald Reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the Cold War for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired.
To have achieved so much against so many odds and with such humour and humanity made Ronald Reagan a truly great American hero.
Respect
Memorial Day: Memories of Flags
I was involved with Scouting from a very early age. I was, at first, a Cub Scout, then a Webelos, and finally a Boy Scout.
The weekend before Memorial Day, in my first year as a Boy Scout, my troop and I spent the entire weekend placing flags on the graves of all of the veterans in two of the townships in Fountain County, Indiana – mostly around my hometown of Covington, Indiana. There were hundreds of them – including my paternal grandfather, James “Jay” Strawser, who served in the Second World War.
It was this experience, and many others like it growing up, that have instilled in me, a deep recognition of the sacrifice that our veterans have made.
This picture in today’s Boston Globe reminded me of those many days spent in the late spring sun, planting flags and remembering those that came before us:
