This weekend our nation is called to remember the ultimate sacrifices made by so many men and women who have fought for our freedom over the years of our history. We are called to remember all those who went before us, the men who fought the Revolutionary War and those who died while walking through the snows of Valley Forge. We are called to remember those whose lives were lost during the War of 1812 when Frances Scott Key wrote his poem while watching the British bombardment of Fort McHenry..... how the “star-spangled banner” continued to wave as he watched it through the “rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air”, giving “proof through the night that our flag was still there.” We are called to remember those who fought and left their blood on the soil of foreign lands in World Wars I and II, in Korea and Viet Nam, and in the Middle East and continue to do so today. We are called to remember other sacrifices made by those who did not pay the ultimate price but who suffered u