Written by On this solemn Memorial Day, as the echoes of Taps drift across hallowed grounds and flags ripple at half-staff, we at Marion Watch join our community, and indeed our nation, in a profound act of remembrance. It is a day set apart, a day to pause from the rush of life and reflect upon the immeasurable cost of freedom – a cost paid in the lives of brave men and women who answered the call to serve, who stood in the breach for us, and who, in the ultimate sacrifice, laid down their lives. As the scriptures tell us, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13).1 Today, we honor that greater love.