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Memorial Day represents a solemn day of remembrance, not celebration, originating as "Commemoration Day" to honor those who died during the Civil War and has evolved to commemorate all who died while serving our nation.
• Understanding the differences between Armed Forces Day (honors those currently serving), Memorial Day (remembers those who died while serving), and Veterans Day (honors all who served)
• Avoiding phrases like "Happy Memorial Day" to maintain the somber nature of the observance
• Importance of precision in language when discussing memorials and commemorations
• Recommended resources including Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day speeches, Billy Ray Cyrus's "Some Gave All," and Presidential addresses
• Acknowledgment of ongoing military operations worldwide where service members continue to face danger
• Recognition that honoring fallen heroes should extend beyond just Memorial Day  


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CTP (S2E102) Remembering the Fallen: Beyond Memorial Day
Memorial Day represents a solemn day of remembrance, not celebration, originating as "Commemoration Day" to honor those who died during the Civil War and has evolved to commemorate all who died while serving our nation.
• Understanding the differences between Armed Forces Day (honors those currently serving), Memorial Day (remembers those who died while serving), and Veterans Day (honors all who served)
• Avoiding phrases like "Happy Memorial Day" to maintain the somber nature of the observance
• Importance of precision in language when discussing memorials and commemorations
• Recommended resources including Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day speeches, Billy Ray Cyrus's "Some Gave All," and Presidential addresses
• Acknowledgment of ongoing military operations worldwide where service members continue to face danger
• Recognition that honoring fallen heroes should extend beyond just Memorial Day  

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[ChristiTutionalist Politics podcast begin Show intro]

Welcome to ChristiTutionalist Politics podcast aka CTP in association with TheLibertyBeacon.com and I am your host Joseph M Lenard and that's L E N A R D   CTP is your no muss no fuss just me you And occasional guest type podcast as Graham Norton would say let's get on with the show 

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Hello, everybody. You can kind of see Boo's ears here. There's Boo. Say hi, everybody Boo. Good boy, Boo. My sister's new cat that seems to be enjoying spending a lot of time up here with me. But anyway, while Boo's here lounging on the ugly couch, I'm kind of interrupting the shot. You can see his leg here. I last year had a honoring the fallen beyond Memorial Day show. And I figured this year I wanted to just repeat it. Rather than try to replicate it, I'm just going to go into a reprise of last year's honoring the fallen. And I'm just going to say that I'm not going to be a fallen beyond Memorial Day. Thank you all for tuning in. Take care of that, plus. Greetings, everyone on the summer day of remembrance. It is a official holiday. And regarding other episodes, rather pieces that I've written for the Liberty Beacon.com. This May special is Memorial Day weekend special. And remember, this is not a happy holiday. I know we are all caught up usually in automatically saying happy whatever day for a holiday. But please, please try to be conscious of the thought of the thought. This is a fond remembrance, a somber remembrance, a commemoration day. In fact, if I recall correctly, like 99% certain this holiday originated as commemoration day. Back when those wanting to honor the US dead of the Civil War, both North and South, trying to have a reconciliation to bring our nation back together. And then we created commemoration day, which then later became Memorial Day. And remember, all gave some, some gave all in so many conflicts and even in peacetime. Memorial Day is for honoring those who died in battle. I think many of us accept and are willing to extend those who then may have succumbed later to their wounds. Not in battle, but while still in service of our country or died in any way, shape or form while in the uniform in service of our nation. I think most are willing to be open minded and open-hearted enough to extend that. But today's May special is going to be rather short. I don't have a new the Liberty Beacon that com piece, but I have one that I wrote last year, June 3rd, 20, 20, 30. And of course, you can go to and I hope you will. The Liberty Beacon.com in the search field. You can either search for the title honoring the fallen beyond Memorial Day or putting Joseph M Leonard. And you know, there are new people listening that it looks like Leonardo. It's not French. I'm actually a Polish, German and Italian descent. Yes, descendants of immigrants to America, but you know, immigration is a whole other story. And I've got a couple articles and a couple of Christiusholas politics shows on that. I hope you'll check out. But it looks French. It's not Leonardo. It's Leonard without an old put. Joseph M Leonard without the old with the search bar at the Liberty Beacon.com and it will bring up all my pieces. And the first thing I do when I open that article, which again, I hope you'll go and read. I'm not going to cover the whole thing, but indeed I am actually scrolling through that article right now. I'm going to record this. The first thing there is the image meme. I can't. It's the image sources from American Gold Star Mothers Inc. And it says a really laid an image of the flag. There is a difference on forces day. The third Saturday of each May honors those serving Memorial Day, the last Monday of each May. Remember those who died while serving Veterans Day, the 11th day of each November honors those who served. Please, please remember the distinction and the difference of those holidays. And I'm going to read this part. Minor Quorum regarding what Sony actually said versus the clear intent. It indeed as an official declared holiday. However, not an anniversary. Others call it a Memorial Day anniversary. In my mind, a funny being someone else on social media that I was referring to there who called it an anniversary. And I discuss it in my 9 11 remembrance. Episode which I hope you'll check out. I'll include links to that 9 11. 9 11 remembrance show in the show notes for this special. Anniversary in my mind are reserved for, you know, like Happy Things. Your birthday is an anniversary celebrating the anniversary one's birthday. Wedding anniversaries right generally we celebrate those as a happy anniversary event. So again, and I have shows on this and. T. L. B. pieces on this, the left twisting and warping of language language matters. We on the right have to be more careful in our use of it and use proper terms. They matter in my T. L. B. piece. There is a video embed. So again, please, please take the time to go to the Liberty Beacon.com and look up my honoring the fallen beyond Memorial Day again, which was written after Memorial Day dropped June 3rd of 2023 to make that point. Remember Memorial Day. Well, indeed an official holiday is not an anniversary per se, but a remembrance and or a commemoration day. And we should honor our fallen well beyond Memorial Day and. Honor of people serving well beyond Armed Forces Day and those who have served well beyond Veterans Day, as well as my T. L. B. pieces. Remembering our freedoms and rights well beyond the Fourth of July. There's a two part piece for that, but embedded in this article at T. L. B. I have the best of Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day speeches embedded. That's an important thing. I have Billy Ray Cyrus, not really a fan, but his YouTube video of Thumb gave all the official music video is embedded there. Because that's such a great and wonderful heartfelt song. Also, I have a link to a moment of clarity show with Pastor Richard Clark Deatering and my also my friend Ed Bond, the Ranka co host to show the Memorial Day show from May 27th of 2023. You can listen to that. That's why in part this this show is going to be short. I want you to go listen to that show. Again, the Liberty Beacon calm put in the search bar, Joseph M Leonard or honoring the fallen beyond Memorial Day to find that piece and you'll find those embeds. Also another audio file from your American heritage, which is in Bond, the rent because soul host show Memorial Day show May 27th, 2023, where he has guest author Scott Powell. Please check that out. Also, I have a great speech video embedded from President George W Bush at the time, 2002 Memorial Day address. It was the first address following the 9-11 attacks. That is a very, very important speech to listen to as well as an embed of Trump's full Memorial Day speech May 30th, 2017. Please check that out. There is also another video embed as well as a couple of images there that link to other stories. Please, please, I know I say the seat capsule and I hope I'm not here. But yet again, please go to the Liberty Beacon calm and check out this honoring. The fallen beyond Memorial Day piece from June 3, 2023. It's very important to me that I was able to write that and share it with people. This show was not yet on the air at that point. So I now this Memorial Day weekend. This Memorial Day as I record this literally just minutes before I will then drop it as a show. It was important that I have a chance to now go back and share this with you. And of course, yes, my book terror strikes coming soon to a city near you in part dedicated to those who served post 9-11 in both. Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere. There are still operations in Somalia and Syria and in Iraq. Other places even throughout the South. The African continent, not the South African, the African continent through the Middle East in parts of Asia that are still ongoing fighting the war on terror. There are people still fighting and dying on our behalf. And we need to remember them. So please check out my terror strikes coming soon to a city near you book in part dedicated to first responders of all kinds, especially those who gave the full final sacrifice. You know, whether it be police, EMT, fire, military is an extension part of our first responders force, especially of course the Marines who are usually our first responder branch of the military that are often sent in first. But to honor all army as my friend and bandaranka likes to joke. He didn't really our country. He joined the Air Force. That's Ed that says that, you know, the Air Force as the redheaded stepchild of the armed forces, but to the Navy and who did I leave out space force now, Coast Guard. All thank you all for your service and a deep heartfelt wish that those who perished on our behalf didn't have to do so. But recognizing and honoring you on this day. Thank you all for tuning in. Take care and God bless.
 

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BONUS MATERIAL BELOW from:  TheLibertyBeacon "Honoring the Fallen Beyond Memorial Day" article   [See original piece at: https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/honoring-the-fallen-beyond-memorial-day/ , for referenced links, images, and embedded videos.]





Honoring the Fallen beyond Memorial Day... 

To dear Friend SonnyE who wrote “Don’t call it a Holiday” (and everyone else, especially our mis-educated youth, who need this message of honor, respect, condolences, hope for healing, more…):

AMEN, and THANK YOU!!! HOWEVER…

To ALL: Did you HONOR THE FALLEN last weekend, or SNOWFLAKE just prancing about ignored those that gave you that weekend of Freedom?!?! Though many may have actually been drinking Bud-Light as with #BIDENflation and #BIDENrecession may have been the only Cases of Beer (marked down, deep discounts) people could afford?

 
[image source: American Gold Star Mothers Inc.]

Minor qualm regarding what Sonny actually said versus the clear intent – it indeed is AN OFFICIAL DECLARED HOLIDAY, however... NOT an Anniversary...

And add FEDERAL HOLIDAYS ACT ((Officially “The Uniform Monday Holiday Act” (Pub. L. 90-363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968)) which moved the Remembrances/Commemorations to Monday observances and long Holiday-weekend creations #TheMoreYouKnow #TheRestOfTheStory) to long list of Laws/things (like 17th Amendment (final nail in 10th Amendment and States Rights and the Founders check-and-balance of State/Federal power)) need be repealed (as had reasonable "intentions" when proposed, MAJOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, like all our Holidays now mostly FORGOTTEN as to why we have then with SNOWFLAKES prancing about with no clue why/how they have the LONG WEEKEND OF FREEDOM)....


VIDEO (6m 44s): The Best of President Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day Speeches: A Tribute to Our Fallen Heroes:
https://youtu.be/1Mwcef5nVZ8 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Mwcef5nVZ8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
Remember Memorial Day while indeed an Official Holiday is NOT an Anniversary (per se) but a REMEMBRANCE and/or COMMEMORATION day (originally known as “Decoration Day” when Civil War widows laid flowers on Graves of our Civil War fallen (North and South alike, as part of healing and reconciliation (forgiveness – those we lost, as well as honoring the sacrifice to those who may have taken the Lives of our Fallen (and why Statues of both North/South Leaders post-War (so idiots could/would learn from History, but now those morons just want to act like Taliban and destroy History references)) commemorated as part of reconciliation, healing, trying to bring our Nation back together again))!!!!!


 
[image source: TheLibertyBeacon (Roger Landry) “Left Twists Language (part 2)” article]


And I say the same thing about 9/11.... DO NOT DARE CALL IT AN ANNIVERSARY, "Anniversaries" are for HAPPY THINGS and the commemorations are indeed either COMMEMORATION DAYS or REMEMBRANCE DAYS!!!

Remember our WORDS HAVE MEANING! We have to be more careful in our word-choices. Cannot be as loose and warping of intent of word meanings as the Left. Holiday and Anniversary are upbeat, positive implication, words (like for 4thOfJuly Celebration of our Freedoms, though yes too we honor those who fought a Revolution for us to Celebrate such Freedom) – versus Commemorations and Remembrances.

VIDEO (4m 03s): Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (Official Music Video):
https://youtu.be/ydWhRObVxrM 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ydWhRObVxrM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>


And my Friend Derek took over duties for Pastor Rick on MOMENT OF CLARITY show (WAAMradio, Sat's 1pET) Saturday May 27th 2023 and (and I say, Billy Ray's ONLY good song) "SOME GAVE ALL" one of a couple tunes he played as part of his TRIBUTE TO FALLEN hour (replay via Anchor).


AUDIO (49m 35s): ”Moment Of Clarity” Memorial Day Show (May 27, 2023):
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moment-of-clarity/episodes/Moment-of-Clarity-5-27-2023-e24q41j/a-a9tj6qj  
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As well as MEMORIAL COMMEMORATION during my Friend Ed's YOUR AMERICAN HERITAGE SHOW (pre-recorded, as his guest wouldn't be available for a LIVE Show Saturday May 27th 2023) normally airs LIVE Sat's 2pET (WAAMradio) and rebroadcast available.

AUDIO (48m 58s): “Your American Heritage” Memorial Day Show (May 27, 2023) with guest Author Scott Powell:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/your-american-heritage/episodes/Your-American-Heritage-5-27-2023-with-Scott-Powell-e24ojda 
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Gone, not forgotten. Forever in our Hearts!!! Far too many have given that “last final measure” of sacrifice. We are failing our Nation and our own Children not properly Educating them!!! In the USA the Indoctrination factories (and other supposed FREE SOCIETY systems) are peddling Radicalism, Raunch/peRversion (tRans, pedophilia), Racism (cRt), and anti-ameRicanism - the new "R's" - to our Entitled/lazy, participation tRophy overblown self-esteem buffoons, know nothing brats; meanwhile China is teaching their Children the traditional "R's" of Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, histoRy, scRience (see what I did there, cuz our kids are so dumb they wouldn't know the R doesn't belong there), biRology (not fake gendeRism), honoR, Respect, woRk-ethic, etc... Americans taught only the flaws of our past (when/where taught History at all, taught to Hate America so Leftists can “fundamentally transform” us to another failed State), not the countless great accomplishments (and how the World would look so different without her). 


VIDEO (12m 07s): President G. W. Bush's (much anticipated, Post-9/11) Memorial Day Speech (Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-Sur-Mer, France on May 27, 2002):
https://youtu.be/rayYTr23RrU 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rayYTr23RrU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>


From my “TERROR STRIKES: COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU” book ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / DEDICATIONS section (IN-PART):
Thank you too…

… all those who have suffered loss due to the cowardly attacks against the United States’ innocent citizens that occurred throughout the years and especially September 11, 2001 – to which I said I would NEVER FORGET and I shall indeed Never Forget and I carry a tribute to you all on my right arm.

… first responders (Corrections, Dispatch, EMS/EMT, Fire, Law Enforcement, Military).

… those helping others through charitable pursuits (please help pay it forward - see: http://TerrorStrikes.info/charities). [includes several 1st Responders and Military Charities]

And, of course, thoughts and prayers to family of so many of those we’ve lost. Rest in peace, your memory lives on in us all.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (Matthew 5:14)

You can use promo-code FALLEN at https://TerrorStrikes.info/shop at check-out for discount and FREE shipping (U. S. Addresses only, other see: International Sales page) on an Autographed copy of either or both of my books.


VIDEO (20m 20s): President Donald J. Trump Memorial Day Speech (Arlington National Cemetery May 30 2017):
https://youtu.be/Gsln5iGpBgk 
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Rest-in-peace, you knew the horrors of War, and we owe you a debt that can never be paid. Have you forgotten?? Are you actually doing things (that matter, of substance) to preserve Freedoms here at Home?!?! You Shall Be Known By Your Fruits (not your online, empty-rhetoric, virtue-signaling). We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.


Always remember: #PrinciplesNotPersonalities

And, now, having said all this, I am thinking I’ll be closing any/all future articles with a tribute to our Fallen (in so many different senses of the word/term) that allow me to be Free to speak my mind and for you to be able to read my pieces without threat of Leftists Gestapo (yet) from beating down your door for (Orwellian style) WRONG THINK!


VIDEO (4m 20s): (David Ball) Ridding with Private Malone (lyrics video):
https://youtu.be/-4uGb_6JREs 
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[image source: TheLibertyBeacon (Roger Landry) “Republic, if you can keep it” article]



And, yes, again this past Monday was Memorial Day observed (see “There is a difference” image atop this article) and official day May 30th, continued remembrance for those “died while serving” – I must add that we need to remember those suffering, could be put to death any moment, caught and held captive behind enemy lines (in many Nations, in/of declared and undeclared Wars and battles) and even (The Covenant with) our Allies left-behind BRING THEM HOME ALIVE rather than just a transport to Arlington…


 
[image source: TheLibertyBeacon (Roger Landry) “American Marine Patriot Paul Whelan” article]











BONUS MATERIAL ABOVE from:  TheLibertyBeacon "Honoring the Fallen Beyond Memorial Day" article   [See original piece at: https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/honoring-the-fallen-beyond-memorial-day/ , for referenced links, images, and embedded videos.]


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