Julian Edelman Has Emotional Message To All Soldiers Celebrating Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the day when we remember the bravery and sacrifice of America’s service man and women. It’s the day when we honor their strength and determination to defend us. Patriots receiver Julian Edelman delivered a very special message.

“On Memorial Day, we remember all those who gave their lives not just for our country, but for the greater good. We must not only honor their memory but also uphold the values they fought for.”

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his son did a similar thing. The GOAT shared a photo, and delivered an emotional message. He surprised army troops at JFK Airpirt.

“The highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. To those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country, thank you,” Brady wrote on Instagram.

This day will help us remember the sacrifice of the great men and women.

“During my three decades in the Marine Corps, as an enlisted marine and officer, on active duty and in the Reserves, I received endless training,” David Lapan wrote. “Some was devised to instill discipline and inculcate high standards of conduct. Other training stressed the importance of ethics and adherence to laws and regulations. Some of the training was scenario-based, to demonstrate that choices weren’t always easy or clear, particularly in combat. We were taught to ‘choose the hard right over the easy wrong.’”

In 1968, then-Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic prograimed May 30 to be Decoration Day. People honored Union and Confederate soldiers. It was later expanded, and after World War I, it included all service members who took part in all wars. As of 2018, the US Census Bureay reported Memorial Day honors one million service men and women who lost their life since the Civil War.

Decoration Day became Memorial Day and was moved to the last Monday in May in 1968 along with the passing of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

Then-President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, New York, the “Birthplace of Memorial Day.”

In December 2000, Congress passed and then-President Bill Clinton signed into law the National moment of Remembrance Act.