May 27, 2024 6:30 am

Don’t Forget the Purpose of Memorial Day

We, those of us who have not laid down our lives for our country, owe one solemn duty to our fallen heroes: Remember them.

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U.S. Army soldiers from the Third U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., during the Flags In ceremony, May 23, 2024.

Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery/U.S. Army

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Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt, a West Point graduate, served as a U.S. Army intelligence captain. He’s now a media fellow at Hudson Institute and chairman of Veterans on Duty, a nonprofit organization focused on national security.