Show TilEY THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FUTURE r-ij r 1 i f. f 1 11 i. i 1 1 j 1 1 rl 31 S Il 4 h J SINCE Jill d q I li r t W Wf f. f fJ Jh J 1 h 1 t 1 l J I f tt Ii s 1 Yr i 3 MEMORIAL DAY 1975 Its It's been years since the embattled farmers stood at Concord Bridge ridge and und fired the shot heard round the world Since then hen nearly 55 million Americans have died on battlefields battlefields battle battle- fields from Irons Lexington to o Vietnam in defense of freedom To what hat end This Memorial Day Duy it is particularly appropriate to assess what freedom has allowed us to accomplish for ourselves in our days as a republic It provided the impetus to move a u people miles from the shores of the Atlantic to Pacific beaches It inspired cities where desert and prairie once lay It U helped man defy gravity and put two of his kind on the moon Americas America's Bicentennial gives us an opportunity to fo assess where here we may be going in the years ahead Our individual freedom combined with our ability to work together have always been the key to solving our national problems and improving the he quality qualify of life for all of us If n Americas America's past is truly a prologue to her future we must recognize our individual freedom is our strength and fight to preserve it Five million Americans have given us that chance |