{"id":81961,"date":"2019-05-27T16:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81961"},"modified":"2019-05-27T17:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T21:16:53","slug":"a-message-from-the-under-secretary-of-memorial-affairs-for-memorial-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81961","title":{"rendered":"A Message from the Under Secretary of Memorial Affairs for Memorial Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you and your family prepare to celebrate Memorial Day, I hope you remember the true meaning behind the day.  Memorial Day is the day that we\u2019ve set aside to pay tribute to our heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and all those who have served our Nation.<\/p>\n<p>These heroes are not the only ones who have sacrificed.  Behind each of these brave men and women are the families that shared their loved ones with us.  The gave up holidays, milestones and achievements with their Veteran so that we can sleep soundly at night.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, NCA has installed \u201cTribute to the Fallen and Their Families\u201d plaques within our cemeteries.  These plaques are but a small remembrance of incredible service, but I hope they are a gentle reminder of how appreciative our Nation is for the sacrifices of not only our Veterans, but their families.<\/p>\n<p>At NCA we have one sacred mission, to ensure no Veteran ever dies.  It is said that we all die two deaths, the first when breath leaves you for the last time and the second, the last time someone speaks your name or tells your story.  It is the second that we are committed to ensuring never happens and I task all of you with the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/bulletins\/gd\/USVANCA-24556c1\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On this Memorial Day, join us as we pause to remember our fallen heroes who lost their lives preserving America&#8217;s liberties and promoting our values of freedom around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4kmNa1SSns\">pic.twitter.com\/4kmNa1SSns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Cemeteries (@VANatCemeteries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VANatCemeteries\/status\/1133028933463662592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you and your family prepare to celebrate Memorial Day, I hope you remember the true meaning behind the day. Memorial Day is the day that we\u2019ve set aside to pay tribute to our heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81961\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,438,133,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-death-burial-funerals","category-history","category-military-armed-forces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81963,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81961\/revisions\/81963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}