Guest Editorial: Memorial Day Freedoms

Coming from a family which has been involved in every war from World War 1 to Vietnam, holidays honoring our military and civilian personnel during wartime past and present have always had a special place in my mind and heart. But none more than Memorial Day.

It has been my honor for the past few years to stand with my fellow Whitehall area Veterans within the American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard, at funerals and functions.

This year as we stood on a windy, rainy, cold Monday, in line behind the graves of the fallen, my rifle at parade rest, I looked at all the Unite...