Freedom has a price

When I was a child my mother told me a story of how when she was a little girl during World War II the Military would notify families of a of loved one’s death by way of a Western Union telegram.

She went on to tell me that when her and her friends would be playing children’s games in the street and the neighbors would be doing yard work if they saw the telegram carrier coming down their block on his bicycle everyone would freeze in hope that he would keep going.

One day he didn’t, he stopped at my mother’s friend’s house.  Everyone knew why he was there and the sorrow to come was unavoidable.

My mom said the screams that came out of that house that day were unforgettable.

That story has been with me for the last 40 years and as I get older I have come to realize just how much of a sacrifice it is when a young man or women gives themselves to our country.

Freedom has a price and whether or not you believe in the cause there needs to be that understanding that there are still men and women who are willing to fight for our freedoms and they should be honored.

"The Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, 50.5 acres in extent, is situated in a beautiful wooded area. The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944 by the 609th Quartermaster Company of the U.S. Third Army while Allied Forces were stemming the enemy's desperate Ardennes Offensive, one of the critical battles of World War II. The city of Luxembourg served as headquarters for General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army. General Patton is buried here.