On Tuesday, June 6, 1944 The Allied Forces stormed the beaches at Normandy, beginning the largest invasion ever undertaken in any war. A lot of brave men died on Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword, and Utah beaches in order to turn the tide in WWII. Their sacrifice led to the defeat of Hitler, the Nazi Party, and Germany, and helped to end the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews, gays and lesbians, and other assorted "undesirable" ethnic and minority groups were slaughtered.
How well do we honor their sacrifice? Around the world ethnic cleansing, discrimination, massacre, slaughter, rampant war and discrimination continue. It is estimated that there are over 300,000 veterans sleep on the streets of our united States every night.
These men did not die so that dictators and imperial governments could continue the atrocity they experienced. They died for peace and freedom in "The War to End All Wars." To continue the idea that "might makes right," that larger countries with larger militaries can destroy the homes of their fellow men, kill women and children, and take what resources are coveted, leaving smaller, weaker countries as empty shells, dishonors the casualties and survivors of D-Day.
They died for peace. And freedom. Everyone's freedom, not just ours.
And the state of our modern world is how we repay them.
Please, today, remember what they truly died for, and do whatever you can to move our world toward a day when we can say they did not die in vain.
~your editor
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