29 May2023

Memorial Day is the day that we REMEMBER those that left home and never to

return where they left. We must REMEMBER those who have made the ultimate

sacrifice for us and pay them homage. It is a day to REMEMBER all veterans that

served and since have gone to be with the supreme Commandant.

Memorial Day has been consecrated to our departed Soldiers, Marines, Sailors,

Airmen., and Coast Guardsmen. This day truly gives us an appropriate occasion to

dedicate and re-dedicate ourselves to the preservation of the fruits of their victories,

and the sacred heritage that was purchased by their valor and sealed with their blood.

REM.EMBER!

This day bas been set aside for remembrance of our departed brothers and sisters in

arms, by the grieving hearts of their families and friends. WE CANNOT FORGET!

The generations to follow us cannot forget. REMEMBER! Our expressions of love

and sorrow will become an expression of gratitude and an acknowledgment of an unmeasurable

debt to countless of generations of Americans. REMEMBER! Glorious

are our deceased veterans who died for Liberty. Blessed is those whose blood was

shed for the welfare of their fellow men. Our sincerest gratitude for all veterans who

served this great nation but no longer are among us. REMEMBER!

Those that are not with us now have lived, they felt the sun rising at dawn, saw the

beautiful sunset glow, they loved, and they were loved. REMEMBER! Now they are

at peace. It is our prayer that they may have Peace for forevermore. They are at

Peace, for in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. Their memories

fill our land like a benediction. REMEMBER! God is in a safe place, because the

streets of Heaven are guarded by United States Marines. REMEMBER!

Semper Fidelis Marines.

Johnny Baker

National Commandant