Memorial Day is a federal day holiday in the United States of America and it is celebrated today May 31, 2010.
Below are some of the most memorable and most shared Memorial Day quotes:
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust,

Their courage nerves a thousand living men.

Minot J. Savage

And I am proud to be an American,

Where at least I know I am free.

And I won’t forget the men, who died,

Who gave that right to me.

Lee Greenwood

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation.

Thomas William Parsons

The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem.

Aaron Kilbourn

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.

Wallace Bruce.