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Master Sergeant Jeffrey Thomas served 22 years in the United States Air Force. He is now a student at St. Petersburg College<\/a>\u2019s Midtown campus, studying counseling so that he can continue his work with veterans. Thomas is a very active veteran, and recently represented SPC as Student Veterans Association President in Washington, D.C. on an SGA trip. There, he met with the national president of the Student Veterans Association, who asked him to spread the word about the importance of Memorial Day. So when the Boy Scout troop at MacDill Air Force base asked him to give a speech at the Eagle Scout ceremony luncheon on May 24, he took the opportunity to share the message about Memorial Day. Below is an essay Thomas wrote for Military Times, which he used as his address to the Scouts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never forget the meaning of Memorial Day<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Too many Americans\nhave forgotten the true meaning of this special day. For some, it\u2019s just\nanother day off of work; for others, a day at the beach or a barbecue. This is\nnot what Memorial Day is supposed to be about. Let us embrace the true meaning\nof Memorial Day once again, and demand that those who went on before us be\ngiven the respect and honor they so truly deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picture\nyourself walking through a huge cemetery.  Look around at all those grave\nsites. Maybe you\u2019re thinking to yourself, who are in these graves? Did they\nhave a family? What did they do? Did they fulfill their life in this world? The\ngraves were marked, but most were forgotten.  Here laid 45,000 heroes, men\nand women who made the ultimate sacrifice for America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\nBay Pines Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Florida, each year, the Boy Scouts put\nU.S. flags on about 45,000 graves to celebrate Memorial Day so that these\nheroes are not forgotten. Graves of thousands of men and women are neatly\naligned on a carpet of lush, green grass. When I was a young Boy Scout, I would\nhelp put the flags out here at Bay Pines. My dad and both of my uncles and\nbrother in-law who served their country in the U.S. Armed forces, as well as\nmany personal friends of mine who served with me in the Gulf War, are laid to\nrest at this beautiful cemetery. Two ago I buried my Mom right next to my\ndad. I think that each of those tombstones honors a great American hero.\nThis is what Memorial Day means to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial\nDay was created to honor our American heroes who have served our country.\nMemorial Day has been declared a federal holiday to be observed every year on\nthe last Monday in May. Originally named Decoration Day, this day of\nremembrance was introduced after the American Civil War to honor our fallen\nUnion soldiers. It wasn\u2019t until after World War I that this day was declared to\nbe in remembrance of all U.S. military personnel who have made that ultimate\nsacrifice for this country by losing their lives while serving in the U.S.\nmilitary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial\nDay is when we honor all dead American military men and women, the brave men\nand women who lie underneath the earth just so that we may stay proud on the\nground above and live free. These men and women gave their lives selflessly,\nthinking not of themselves, but instead of the future citizens of the United\nStates of America. On December 28, 2000, the U.S. Congress passed an act called\nThe National Moment of Remembrance. The main purpose is \u201cto raise awareness of\nand respect for the national heritage, and to encourage citizens to dedicate\nthemselves to the values and principles for which those heroes of the United\nStates died.\u201d At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, every U.S. citizen is asked to pause\nfor a moment in unity \u201cto honor the men and women of the United States who died\nin the pursuit of freedom and peace we have.\u201d These men and women gave their\nlives selflessly, thinking not of themselves but the future of us, the future\ncitizens of the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nthink each of those tombstones at Bay Pines Cemetery represents a great\nAmerican hero. Memorial Day reminds us about those who not only died while\nwearing a uniform, but those who died while enjoying the freedoms of this great\ncountry we live in. This is a day to celebrate the memories of the fallen\nheroes. It takes a certain kind of mentality to serve one\u2019s country; qualities\nsuch as honor, loyalty, and respect are byproducts of military service. I think\nthese qualities make people better citizens when they enter the civilian life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\na way of celebrating this reserved day, I have a unique personal tradition. It\nmay seem strange, but I usually find myself visiting Bay Pines Cemetery on\nMemorial Day because it is where I have many family members and friends buried.\nI walk around the grounds and make the graves of veterans \u201cpresentable\u201d by\nclearing off the leaves and picking up trash. I do this to preserve the\nsacredness of their final resting place, as well as to pay my respects for a\njob well done. I thank every veteran, past and present, for everything they\nhave done for this country. Memorial Day also glorifies those who have been\nlost, defending this area of land that we claim as ours. This is a day to\ncelebrate the memories of the fallen heroes in the United States of America,\nwho have made that ultimate sacrifice for this country by losing their lives\nwhile serving in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial\nDay reminds me of those who not only died while wearing a uniform, but those\nwho died while enjoying the freedoms of this great country we live in. This is\na day to observe the memories of the fallen heroes. Whenever I hear taps being\nplayed, whenever I see fireworks in the sky, or whenever I see flags hanging\nproudly on their staffs, I know that I am safe, and I know that I am free.\n I am grateful to live in a great country where we know in our hearts we\nwill always be free because there are courageous men and women who I have\nserved with in the armed forces who were born to fight for everything that is\nAmerican.  That\u2019s the way I observe this day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nobserve Memorial Day properly, Americans ought to walk through a military\ncemetery and look at all the names and ages of the Americans buried there. Many\nof them died when they were in their 20\u2019s and 30\u2019s. They sacrificed 30 or 40 years\nof living the good old American life. They gave up barbecues, trips to baseball\ngames, hugging their children, kissing their spouses so that we can live the\ngood American life. I love my freedom, I love my America, and most of all, and\nmy patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue. Please remember that freedom is\nnot free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\nbless America, today and always and forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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