79 years ago, young men and
women from all walks of life and
nationalities, embarked on the
greatest crusade to bring about
the destruction of the German
War machine and eliminate
Nazi tyranny over Europe.
A momentous and ambitious
plan was unfurled to hurl wave
after wave of men at the coast
of Normandy to gain a foothold
in Nazi occupied France and
begin to push back the fascists.
It was bold, brash, and brave.
It required an incredible
sacrifice of life, of safety, of love
and comfort but it was a mission
unparalleled in human history.
The full destruction of a racist,
authoritarian dictatorship hell bent
on World domination and the eradication
of any peoples it deemed unworthy
of existence. The goal was imperative
and failure was not an option.
79 years ago, men and
woman across the globe fought together
to end the human suffering of millions.
It was a noble war, when so few wars are,
with a just cause and righteousness for
the betterment of the World.
We all have family members who fought,
perhaps died in this global conflict,
barely any citizen on the planet is too far
removed from the sacrifice of so many,
a once in a generation conflict.
A generation concerned with their
descendants.
These sacrifices should not be in vain,
the lives lost should not be marginalized
by those voices who wish to divide and deny the human
community of freedom, self-determination,
and the rights of all people to be the best version of themselves.
Nazis are bad.
Fascists are bad.
Book Burners are bad.
Individuals motivated to restrict
the movement or actions of the
citizenry are bad.
We shouldn’t have to remind people
that those things are bad,
the reminder, is in the scars on our
families, on fathers, on mother, grandparents
and more. The scars are on the landscapes.
The planet itself.
79 years ago, today,
we saw an enemy to humanity
and acted.
It wasn’t all perfect, mistakes were made,
but the goal was pure.
A free world is a safe world.
And I, for one,
will not forget,
the sacrifices made.
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