"It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives – the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember."

I hope that we will always remember and appreciate the incredible liberties we enjoy and those who have helped make them possible.

A personal note: On May 30, 2011, in a speech at the Tomb of the Unknown, President Barak Obama said, "I am privileged to be the commander-in-chief of ONE of the greatest military forces on earth."

I am personally offended by the President's statement. On November 5, 1944, my own father, Yoeman 1st Class James Foster Crowell, gave his life for THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH on the USS Lexington, when a kamikaze struck his ship. He was not part of ONE of the greatest military forces on earth. He was part of THE greatest military force on earth, the Armed Forces of the United States of America. To belittle it, or to apologize for the USA, is an insult to my father's memory and the memory of all those who died in service to our country or who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the USA.

Barak Hussein Obama is an insult to the United States of America. I believe he no longer deserves to be the President of this country. I doubt he ever did.

Suzy Red