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Memorial Day 2024: Contemplations on the Past and Future

As we honor the memory of those who have already given their lives in military service to our country, let us also offer thanks for those who will follow.
Memorial Day 2024: Contemplations on the Past and Future
A soldier reads names on a wall of remembrance at the Cambridge American Cemetery on Nov. 11, 2011 in Madingley, UK. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Of many poignant Memorial Day memories I have experienced, perhaps the most moving happened over a decade ago. My wife, daughter, and I were touring England. We visited the university city of Cambridge on our Memorial Day.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.