Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant will be holding special activities commemorating National Medal of Honor Day, which is celebrated every year on March 25.At 10
The Medal of Honor is the highest tribute the American military can give to armed forces personnel and national guardsmen who distinguish themselves “conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.” The recipients’ actions must occur while fighting enemies of the United States and there must be two sworn eyewitnesses to their heroism.
“We are the land of the free, because of the brave.” My godfather Walter Ehlers received the Medal of Honor for his gallantry fighting the Germans in June.