Dear Friend, The part of Pennsylvania where I make my home is a living memorial to the sacrifices the American people have made to keep this country - and the world - free. From the Revolution to the Civil War, from World War II to the conflicts in which we are currently engaged this nation - centered on one simple idea, the right to live in freedom - has always been at the ready to volunteer to help secure those rights for others. We seek to share with others the blessing we ourselves have so providentially been given. It is what makes America unique among all the nations. It is what makes our way of life and our traditions so worthwhile defending. It is not an easy task. There are some among us who have felt the personal pain of paying the ultimate price of freedom, going back as far as the war for American independence. As Lee Habeeb recently wrote for National Review Online in a piece I hope you read, the song "I Drive Your Truck" started as one man's memorial to his fallen hero son, but it has become much more. It speaks to all who grieve loved ones in the fight for freedom. I hope you will find it as moving and as meaningful as I did. Please click the link above to read Lee's article - but you might want to grab a box of tissues first and keep it handy. There are some who say our nation's best days are behind us, that we are heading irreversibly toward a nation unrecognizable from what was given to us by the Founders in Philadelphia, just twenty five miles to the east from where I am now, "to preserve and protect and defend." But how can that be? Is freedom only an ideal for a season? Can that season run its course, to be replaced by some other ideal? On this Memorial Day, please take a moment to consider the price that others have paid in order that we might take on the responsibility of being sentinels of liberty. And we will guard that responsibility close to our hearts until that day and time when the torch may pass from our hands into that of the next generation of young American men and women who embrace the values that we have tried to pass along to them. For those of you, who are serving in the military, have served in the military, or who have loved ones in the service now, you have our thanks and hopes for a safer, brighter tomorrow. As a Navy veteran myself, I remember my first Memorial Day in uniform. The idea of risking one's life for our country was suddenly close at hand. Memorial Day was no longer some quaint Norman Rockwell painting with flags and parades that signified the beginning of summer. It was time to honor those who died to keep us free. And for those of you parents, spouses and siblings who remember a loved one with a "Gold Star," we hope that this day our fellow citizens will honor you and your lost. Only then does the phrase "Let Freedom Ring" take on its full significance. Click HERE to read Lee Habeeb's article. Sincerely, Colin Hanna, President

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