For all americans, including me. the patriots we memorialize today sacrificed not only all they had, but all they would ever know. they gave of themselves until they had nothing more to give. it s natural when we lose someone we care about to ask why it had to be them. why my son, why my sister, why my friend. why not me? these are questions that cannot be answered by us, but on this day, we remember that it is on our behalf that they gave their lives. we remember that it is their courage, their unselfishness, their devotion to duty that has sustained this country through all its trials and will sustain us through all the trials to come. we remember that the blessings we enjoy as americans came at a ....