Sentences with phrase «who died for the country»

I am grateful for those in the military who die for their country, as I don't have to be drafted, but this is nuts.

Also the moment of silence in school has nothing to do about praying... it's remembering the people who died for the country, which is why it's after the pledge of alliegence.

As a resident, he should have showed up and supported the community that supported him and honored the people who died for the country,» said John Maher, 68.

Not exact matches

In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November Eleventh as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: «To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations...»

«To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.»

Also — and importantly — the VA waives the funding fee for veterans with a service - connected disability and for the surviving spouses of veterans who died in service to their country.

Was it just atheists who died with honour for their country.

Believe it or not, a true Muslim (the one who surrenders to the Will of his Creator) would rather die but not to keep silent about the disrespect of God's Words which take place at a country that had enough of disrespect to human life for more than a decade of aggression and atrocities.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

The church and the pope are responsible for two murders of women who died because they needed an abortion in catholic countries (Ireland and The Dominican Republic) Just as you people cry out against «abortion» and then murder doctors and women and bomb clinics, I hope somebody will start crying out against your beloved «religious freedom» and then...????

I care about all the families that lost love ones that day I also care about all the armed forces that have die for us who went to war to defend our country to keep us safe.

It looks like that group of strange, angry people who protest at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who've died fighting for our country.

A person who acknowledges their sin, asks God to forgive them in the name of Jesus who died on the cross to forgive our sins, and asks for God's mercy and grace to do His will on this earth, (in all matters, even political) is best going to serve our country and our fellow citizens.

Christians who, at the behest of earthly rulers, kill and die for their country, have in effect rendered tribute to the wrong master.

Yes, for all you Muslim lovers out there, for all you Islamists that would die for your religion, for all you weak lillly livered Muslims that flee your own country to live in ours and swear to its destruction, for all you hipocrites that claim to be in a religion of tolerance and peace but live by your actions of murder and unspeakable horrors, you Iranians, you Afghans, you Pakistanis, you Iragis, you misfits and abhorents of any god, this story of a simple Christian, who is now denied his life because of stupid and educaied cowards in Iran, cowards and murderers who covet children and lust hiding behind a demonic religion, let this man be your true martyr because you are not human and can not touch him.

«I came because the young people who died deserve a tribute, that we march for the peace in the country, for justice and for the return of the democracy that has been kidnapped by this government,» said Marlene Alvarez, 26, who works in a laboratory in the capital.

«People have found no better thing than this to do for kings at their crowning and for criminals going to the scaffold; for armies in triumph or for a bride and bridegroom in a little country church; for the wisdom of a Parliament or for a sick old woman afraid to die... tremulously, by an old monk on the fiftieth anniversary of his vows; furtively by an exiled bishop who had hewn timber all day in a prison camp; gorgeously for the canonization of St Joan of Arc.»

okay i don't mean to be mean or anything but you do have to realize that people have to inventually die and events much worse than 9/11 happened in other countries and many times it was america who was the killing people for no reason.

But if we really experience the Nativity we are faced with the heartache and suffering embedded deep in the nature of the event: No decent place for his birth, the fear of discovery by the wrong people, all the children who died because he was born, the anxious flight into a foreign country.

I found in Ford far more than I had hoped for: a writer who, by his own account, had «apprenticed» himself to America; whose stories and characters so spring from their landscapes and physical situations as to personify the spirit of the motels, roadside bars, lakes and highways where we encounter them; and who may well be, as his friend Raymond Carver (who died last summer) said, «sentence for sentence... the best writer at work in this country today.»

For example, as Mr. Lawler points out, Brownson makes some valuable comments when he emphasizes the importance of the solidarity and interdependence of humans and what naturally follows from that, but it seems to me that Brownson then goes too far in concluding that «civic virtues are themselves religious virtues» and even that «he who dies on the battlefield for his country ranks with him who dies for his faith.&raqFor example, as Mr. Lawler points out, Brownson makes some valuable comments when he emphasizes the importance of the solidarity and interdependence of humans and what naturally follows from that, but it seems to me that Brownson then goes too far in concluding that «civic virtues are themselves religious virtues» and even that «he who dies on the battlefield for his country ranks with him who dies for his faith.&raqfor his country ranks with him who dies for his faith.&raqfor his faith.»

These gay men and women are dying for their country, why can't their country recognize them for who they are?

When we do we dishonor those who have fought and died for this country.

It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.

The legendary Preston North End winger, who died earlier this year at the age of 91, made 76 appearances for his country following directly on from the Second World War.

Unlike most other developed countries, pregnancy - related death statistics for the United States include only women who die within a six - week period after a pregnancy ends.

Fisher House, for example, has a variety of scholarships for military dependents and spouses, including one for children of those who died or were severely disabled in service to our country.

In an article written for The Sunday Express Lord Ashcroft talks about those service men and women who have died for their country.

«We are ready to die than to live and not work» Frank Osei, said Thursday, and condemned and described as harsh, the destruction of some excavators belonging to some of their members who are operating with licence, The miners have blamed the media for fuelling the fight against small scale mining in the country.

Those who are prepared to die for this country deserve to be treated better.

While in the country, Dr. Rowley and his 12 - member delegation will hold bilateral talks with President Mahama and members of Cabinet, meet with some Ghanaian businessmen and lay a wreath on the tomb of George Padmore, a Trinidadian Pan-Africanist Journalist, a close ally of Ghana's founding father, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who died in Ghana after residing here for many years.GhanaPoliticsonline.com

Brown should recognise that there's «a simple moral principle at stake: those who are prepared to die for this country should be allowed to live in this country.»

A Downing Street spokesman said: «Spraying graffiti on war memorials is a despicable display of disrespect for those who fought and died for their country, particularly at a time when the whole nation comes together to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day.»

Although the actual absolute numbers have increased when compared with 2009 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries) due to the growing numbers of elderly people, the rate (age - standardised per 100,000 of the population) of people who die from the disease has declined from 148.3 male and 89.1 female deaths per 100,000 in 2009 to 138.1 deaths and 84.7 per 100,000 predicted for 2014.

Mental ill health accounts for some 15 per cent of the disease burden in developed countries — and people who are seriously mentally ill typically die 20 years earlier than would otherwise be expected.

National Public Radio outlines some of the challenges the country still faces, including caring for survivors, keeping vigilant for reintroductions from Guinea or Sierra Leone, and training replacements for the doctors and health care workers who died in the epidemic.

Brantly, who met with Obama in the Oval Office this morning, spoke of the many people he treated who died of Ebola and the urgent need for healthcare workers from other countries to go help in West Africa.

People living in the country of Azerbaijan are famous for being long - lived; the most famous among them, according to Soviet authorities, was Shirali Muslimov, who died at the age of 168 in 1973.23 A 1991 study on the Azerbaijani people revealed their dietary staples were fresh fruit, vegetables and fermented milk products.

In other news, I hope ya had a great long weekend this Memorial Day remembering every single brave soul who died a hero for this country.

Russian women are not all dying to leave their country for any foreign man who will marry them.

Here's the synopsis: «The Netflix road movie centers on Matt Ryder (Sudeikis), who is talked into driving his estranged and dying father, Ben (Harris), across the country on a quest to get four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the one lab left in the world where it can be developed before that location closes down for good.

Lemkin was nominated more than half a dozen times for the Nobel Peace Prize, never won, and died in New York in poverty, attempting almost daily to convince the U.N. to formulate a world judicial system to bring to trial and punish those who commit genocide both within and outside the borders of their own countries.

It seems this would have been better served as an intimate portrayal of these three aging men who were willing to die for their country than as a giant political anti-war statement and an accusation of how evil the government is.

We hold this die - in in tandem with the work of others who have held such actions across the country, as a direct challenge our nation's callous disregard for black life.

On Memorial Day, we remember those who died fighting for our country.

The cohort is adjusted for students who transfer to another state or nonpublic school, emigrate to another country, or die during the timeframe.

Expatriates who died in the Kingdom were shipped back to their home countries for funeral rites.

While in many families it would be big news if one member was to up and visit one of the most dangerous places on earth - a place where Mom had previously been shot at (though she always said they were shooting at the tires, not at her), where she had met with the military leader Ahmed Shah Massoud (who was later assassinated by two suicide bombers), where the Taliban still controlled much of the country, and where more than two hundred members of the U.S. and Coalition forces would die before the year was out - for our family it was business as usual.

HEROISM, HUMILITY, AND HONOR is a chapter book of poems written to encourage those who are serving, have served, and to remember those who have died serving, as well as to thank their families for their sacrifice and dedication to their country.

It also waives the fee for the surviving spouses of veterans who died serving their country.