Happy Memorial Day 2017 HD Photos With Quotes #Images, Wallpapers

Memorial Day is coming and i think you guys are really excited to welcome the memorial day. Memorial Day 2017 is the remembrance of thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in wars.In memorial days many of you may visit the graves of your beloved soldiers who lost their lives for your country.In this pleasant occasion here are some Happy Memorial Day 2017 HD Photos With Quotes #Images, Wallpapers

Happy Memorial Day 2017 HD Photos With Quotes #Images, Wallpapers

Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. Unofficially, at least, it marks the beginning of summer.

Happy Memorial Day 2017 Quotes

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." --Elmer Davis

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." -- George Washington

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." --Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas William Parsons

"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." --Benjamin Disraeli

"Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching." -- Francois de la Rochefoucauld

"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." --H. Norman Schwarzkopf

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" – Maya Angelou

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." -- The Wonder Years

For love of country they accepted death... ~James A. Garfield

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." — Mark Twain

Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

"They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation." -- Henry Ward Beecher

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” — General George S. Patton

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland

"What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." -- Helen Keller

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" — Maya Angelou

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
~Minot J. Savage

"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Senator Barry Goldwater

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America." — Bill Clinton

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." -- Rossiter W. Raymond

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. ~Benjamin Disraeli

"Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice." – President Barack Obama

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” -- Nathan Hale

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

“Ask not what your country can do for you-- ask what you can do for your country.” -- John F. Kennedy

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast,
And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Happy Memorial Day 2017 Sayings

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” -- Bill Clinton

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” -- Mark Twain

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
~Thomas Dunn English

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.” – Francis A. Walker

“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” -- Bob Marley

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. ~Thomas Campbell

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

“Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.” – President Calvin Coolidge

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen,
Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
~Richard Watson Gilder

“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” -- John F. Kennedy

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” – General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

“They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.” – Henry Ward Beecher

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~Joseph Campbell

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

John F. Kennedy: "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going." — Robert Reich

For love of country, they accepted death.” – President James A. Garfield

"Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice." — President Barack Obama

Who kept the faith and fought the fight;
The glory theirs, the duty ours.
~Wallace Bruce

Robin Hayes: "Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life."