Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 29, 2017
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May 29, 2017: Memorial Day was established in 1868 to honor those who died in the Civil War. Today, it honors all 1,196,793 men and women who gave their lives defending our nation in war.[1]
These figures include 405,399 who were killed during World War II; 36,574 who died fighting the Korean War; 58,220 who lost their lives in Vietnam; and more than 7,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice in more recent wars.[2]
In addition to their families, friends, and a grateful nation, these men and women are remembered by more than 10 million other soldiers who fought alongside them.
Still with us today are 1.8 million World War II veterans, 2.5 million Korean War veterans, 7.5 million Vietnam veterans, 3.5 million Gulf War veterans, and 2.5 million veterans who have served during the post-9/11 era.
In what is perhaps the most famous American presidential speech of all-time, Abraham Lincoln paid tribute to those who died in the bloody battle fought at Gettysburg. He reminded us that the best way to honor those who gave their lives is for us to do all we can to give our nation a “new birth of freedom.”
| “ | But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.[3][4] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Statistic Brain, "Memorial Day Statistics," accessed May 29, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "How Do We Know? Memorial Day: Honoring America's Wartime Veterans," May 2013
- ↑ Yale Law School, The Avalon Project, "Gettysburg Address," accessed May 29, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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