she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished with that panel of gold-star parents and you heard us joking, not joking but talking about how stories hit harder when you are a parent. you are about to experience it and understand what that is and listening to cheryl rex, the mom we just interviewed saying what she s going to do today. go to the grave site of her son to be with him. just think about that for a moment and think about so many parents. regardless of the war, who got that call, got that telegram, that no parent wants to get. the c
of our fallen members and our hearts go out to their families and we ll talk to a few people today that military families. we ll talk to veterans, i cant wait to see their take on memorial day and what this day means to this. to me personally, this is the day to remember those who lost their lives so we can sit up here and feel safe everyday. to them and their families, thank you so very much. todd: it is sacrifice and we note the sacrifice. when you stop to break it undo, i have typically 18, 19, 20-year-old kid, basically a child, deciding that the virtues of our nation and our founding are so important to them, they are willing to put the rest of their life on the line for those values. it really hits home. there is a parent, two parents, entire family that is worried about that decision, worried about that individual. for some of these individuals we ll interview today, their children did not come home, they are proud of their sons, ares proud of daughters, because they
Who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today because there ain t todd: beautiful city of san antonio, texas, listening to the great lee greenwood welcome to fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. we have interviewed several family members and retired and former military guys and as happy as i am to be able to get up and do what i love and feel free in this country, my heart breaks for the families. and in talking to them, a woman i interviewed about an hour ago,