Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2024

Proclamation 10765 of May 24, 2024 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2024 A Proclamation This Memorial Day, we honor the brave women and men who made the ultimate sacrifice for our Nation's freedom. We recommit to keeping our sacred obligation to their survivors, families, and caregivers. Together, we vow to honor their memories by carrying on their work to forge a more perfect Union. Since our Nation's founding, members of our Armed Forces have been willing to lay down their lives—not for a person or a place but for an idea unlike any other in human history: the idea of the United States of America. We are the only Nation in the world founded on the idea that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our entire lives. Generations of America's beloved daughters and sons have dared all, risked all, and given all for this idea. Today, as they lie in eternal peace, we continue to live by the light of liberty they kept burning bright. To all those grieving the loss of a loved one who wore the uniform, including our Gold Star Families, and to all those who have a loved one still missing or unaccounted for: Our country sees you and mourns with you. I know how painful this day can be—how it can bring you back to the day you lost a piece of your soul. It is overwhelming. No words can ease that grief. But I hope you find a small measure of solace in knowing that we will never forget the price your loved one paid for our freedom—and we will never stop trying to repay the debt of gratitude we owe you and them. That is our vow today—and that is our vow always. May God bless our fallen heroes. May God bring comfort to their families. May God protect our troops. In honor and recognition of all of our fallen service members, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended ( 36 U.S.C. 116 ), has requested that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe each Memorial…