Welcome to all. today, we join most importantly gold star families, welcome to all. today, wejoin in remembrance of the 155th observance of memorial day. on think day we remember the over a million americans that took their last breath on the bedrock of liberty, supporting the eternal cause of freedom. their commitment, their dedication to freedom, their echos through the ages reminding us of our sacred duty to remember. and behind everyone of these men and women is a family, a husband, ora wife, a mother, ora family, a husband, ora wife, a mother, or a father, a brother or sister, son or daughter. for these families, every day is memorial day and each carry on the dreams that our fallen could never fully realise. this land, where we stand