Memorial Day 2017 – The Last Full Measure . . . It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Memorial Day, is at hand, that special day in May when many of us journey to the community cemetery for services. We gather to hear speeches and prayers commemorating our loved ones and friends who had served their country so faithfully. Winston Churchill once famously said, “ Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few ” when talking about the Royal Air Force fighting the German Luftwaffe in WWII. Thi