During election years it's often hard to put aside our ideologies aside as our passions are engaged by the candidates. This weekend is more then time off from school or work. This is the time we have set aside to honor and remember those who have died in the service of their country.

We have lost a number of our young people to war over the years. For my generation it was Vietnam that took so many lives. Today it is Iraq. It doesn't matter what party your identify with or your stance on the war. Memorial Day is a day to remember all who died in the service of their country.