On the recordJune 8, 2010
the English author Albert Pine wrote: ``What we have done for ourselves alone, dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.'' On Memorial Day we come together to recognize and honor those who have truly ``done for others and the world'' and to ensure their service and sacrifice remains immortal. Each year since 1868 we have paused to pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and democracy. This freedom we cherish is not free and comes at a horrific price, a price borne by our veterans, both past and present. Our veterans never fought for empires or dominance but, rather, for a cause bigger than any one individual. That cause is freedom and democracy, something many of them would sadly never live to see. There is no greater service to one's country and no greater act of heroism than to stand between our Nation and those who would do us harm. So it is today, Memorial Day 2010, we again come together as a nation recognizing and honoring the valor and courage of the men and women who have given so much--warriors who paved the road of freedom with their service and sacrifices.
