The Wreath Ceremony

Those who are veterans are those who fought in the wars and those who leaded the troops. Today we honor those who are no longer with us and those who are. We honor them because they fought and saved us from rivalries that were careless about us but our veterans stood up for us until we were safe. If you read history books about the american war you might’ve found that some men were under a lot of stress while training. But the thing that makes them special is they were the brave ones, some men didn’t meet the standards required but some men started training lifting those weights to meet those standards and try again. There are wise and caring people in the world and some times you may have to look for them because they are out

Take into consideration that the Constitution states that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can not be taken away without due

Not many people would withstand having to go off to war knowing their life was on the line. There is much respect and gratitude inclined towards those who did and sacrificed everything they had. Our cordially veterans - the ones who fought and endured the bestial wars, the ones who knew they could fall at any moment, the ones who, despite the horror and fear

First of all, laying the wreath means to me honoring men and women who have served, lost their lives, and are fighting for our country. The wreath symbolizes honor, courage, and freedom which we are so fortunate to have in America. Laying the wreath is a tribute to all veterans

For many visitors, the memorial represents a sense of closeness between the dead and the living, especially in that the can see traces of our world - their faces, the sky and trees - reflected in the names of the dead. As described by Senator Charles Mathias, a strong supporter of the Memorial, “A location on the Mall is symbolically appropriate. We can all recall when the Mall was the battleground of opinion and dissent regarding America’s role in Vietnam. Its proximity to the Lincoln Memorial is also fitting, for not since the Civil War had this nation suffered wounds and divisions as grievous as those endured over Vietnam.” (Scruggs 18). The Vietnam Veterans Memorial points to the Lincoln memorial and the Washington Monument, as if to ask whether the war “was true to Lincoln’s justice and healing as well as Washington’s founding intentions, struggles against foreign tyrants, and military genius” (Griswold 82). The inclusion of the names of the names of all of the deceased in chronological order would read like an epic Greek poem, according to Maya Lin, as well as avoid making the memorial look like a telephone book, as she feared alphabetical listing would (Scruggs 78-79). The practice of leaving offerings (letters, dogtags, photos, birthday and Christmas cards,

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

From Trajan’s Column, completed in 113 AD, to the statue of Christopher Columbus in Easton, Pennsylvania, monuments and memorials have been a significant element of celebration and honor throughout history (Source B). Though monuments are typically meant as a symbol of honor, recent controversy over statues dedicated to Confederate leaders and generals has sparked the debate over how to choose subjects to memorialize, and the actual development of these memorials. When considering what or who to honor, one must also consider the subjects impact on history, ensuring that it is positive. In creating memorials and monuments, groups and agencies should examine the historical significance of the events or persons they wish to memorialize, and the

The United States of America is a country priding itself on providing equal opportunity for the right of life, liberty, and property. These unalienable rights, according to the Founding Fathers, were not to be taken away or denied by the American government. Also known as a natural right, the right to life can be classified as a citizen’s right to be protected by the government from abuse or death. Property classifies the right that a citizen has for owning materialistic items and land for which can be considered private. Finally, the right of liberty presented in the Constitution for a citizen refers to many different aspects ranging from freedom of speech and expression, right to bear arms, freedom of religion, freedom against search and

The tomb of the unknown soldier is located in Arlington National Cemetery overlooking Washington D.C. Sculpted in the east panel which faces Washington D.C., are three Greek figures representing Peace, Victory, and Valor. There is also three wreaths sculpted on each side, representing the six major campaigns for WWⅠ. Lastly, inscripted into the back of the tomb is: Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known to only but God.

On May 1, 1981 a jury declared Maya Ying Lin of Athens, Ohio as the winning memorial design. The memorial’s walls point to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. 58,267 names are inscribed in chronological order of the date of casualty. I believe this depicts the war as a series of human sacrifices and therefore they shall receive a special place in history. Each name is preceded on the west wall or on the east wall by one of two symbols: a diamond or a cross. The diamond denotes that the individual has been declared deceased. The 780 persons whose names are designated by a cross were either missing or prisoners at the end of the war and remains missing and unaccounted for. If a person returns alive, a circle, as a symbol of life, is inscribed over the cross. In the event an individual’s remains are returned or are otherwise accounted for, the diamond is superimposed over the cross. Knowing this, I remain hopeful that some soldiers will return home alive. Walking beside the wall and seeing the names inscribed allowed me to feel great pride in my country as these soldiers gave up their life fighting for the people of America. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will properly commemorate each soldier for the rest of

of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,

An inscription was then added to the tomb that said, “Honoring and Keeping Faith with America 's Missing Servicemen.”

On March 4, 1921, an unknown soldier from World War I was buried with the approval of Congress in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery. This serviceman was chosen randomly out of four other servicemen from four individual gravesites located in France. Not only was this soldier honored as a valiant trooper, but unknown soldiers from World War II and the Korean War were honored and remembered at this site too. The soldier located in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was buried with a white marble sarcophagus on top of the grave that has engravings of both Greek figures and words that say “an American soldier known but to God.” The importance of this mausoleum is that it honors those who were unidentified soldiers, and shows that our country will honor our armed forces and respect them, whether they are known or unknown.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are three rights that everyone seems to know right away. Every American is indoctrinated with these truths which also are the basis to the founding of the United States of America. The framers of the Declaration of Independence believed in natural law and nature’s God. The founders excelled in reason and paid attention to science but they worshiped neither. The recent progressive movement in America tries to undermine Natural Law and substitute it with a relative sense of truth and morality. Natural Law permeates through all our founding ideals while progressivism (which is becoming more and more prominent with every generation) perverts the founding of our rights and reason with

Native Americans are losing their background and where they come from starting with culture and heritage that has been passed down to each generation. Not losing site of that, there is a chance in seeing the positive of preserving and continuing the culture and heritage of the Native Americans and bringing significance to ceremonies.