Today we remember the many men and women who served our country and selflessly put others first in order to protect our freedom.  Our country has a long history of many brave people who felt that in order to achieve freedom that they were willing to sacrifice everything for what they believed.  We have many examples across the world, where they do not value the things that we do and many people lose their lives because of oppression and lack of freedom.  It is important for us to realize that freedom comes at a price.  Sometimes that cost is far beyond what we contemplate paying for.  The value of a human life is priceless, yet our ancestors believed in a dream and that we should be part of their legacy as a result of their selfless acts.  This day honors the brave of our country and I pray for those that we have lost and the safe return home of those that continue to fight for our freedom in various parts of the world.  We are eternally indebted to our true hero's that served and sacrificed far beyond what anyone expected them to.