she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished with that panel of gold-star parents and you heard us joking, not joking but talking about how stories hit harder when you are a parent. you are about to experience it and understand what that is and listening to cheryl rex, the mom we just interviewed saying what she s going to do today. go to the grave site of her son to be with him. just think about that for a moment and think about so many parents. regardless of the war, who got that call, got that telegram, that no parent wants to get. the c
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