VA Secretary Collins: Memorial Day Is a 'Moment of Reflection'

Charlie McCarthy : May 22, 2026
Newsmax

"As you go out, as you celebrate, as you make travel plans, just remember the reasons and the abilities for you to do that over the 250 years of our great country is because we have had those who were willing to raise their right hand and go, and some who did not come home." -Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

[Newsmax.com] Memorial Day offers Americans "a moment of reflection for sacrifice," Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins told Newsmax on Friday. (Image: Pixabay)

...Collins urged Americans to remember that Memorial Day is set aside specifically to honor the men and women who died defending the nation—not simply the unofficial start of summer.

"Memorial Day is not Veterans Day," Collins said. "Veterans Day is when we honor all who served. Memorial Day is a very specific time in which we honor those who gave all, who did not come home."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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