Memorial 2018

In front of a high school in Overland Park, Kansas, there's a battlefield cross with a soldier's helmet, rifle, and boots - a memorial for U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Justin Sisson, 23 years old when he died in Afghanistan. 

Justin's mother, Phyllis, says “Sometimes it can be upsetting when people say Memorial Day is the kickoff of summer: picnics and barbeques. It is, but I also want people to understand what this day really means, especially to people like us, who have lost a son.”

Ten Afghan school children and U.S. Army Spc. Robert Pierce (20) were also killed by the same enemy improvised explosive device.

On Memorial Day weekend and beyond, let it be our mission to make sure America never walks away from its sacred responsibility to remember the valiant men and women who gave all for our freedom.