Governor Baker: “Freedom isn’t Free”
BOSTON – Governor Charlie
Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito participated in the Massachusetts Military
Heroes Fund Memorial Day Ceremony with Secretary of Veterans’ Services Cheryl
Lussier Poppe to honor and remember our fallen military heroes in recognition
of Memorial Day.
GOVERNOR BAKER: “I think
the fact that you call it a garden gives it a special sense of perpetuity and
grace and puts forth that notion that this is ground to be tended and
treated with the respect and the sense of love and devotion that it
deserves.
“And I know I
speak for myself and the Lieutenant Governor and everybody on our team,
when I say how much those of us who get a chance to participate in this game
called democracy – that we all know we sit on the shoulders of every one of
these flags behind me, and the families and the stories and the histories that
they represent.
“And every
flag like that everywhere, all over the world – that represents a fallen
serviceman or servicewoman who's died in the defense of freedom here in this
country.
“The common
line in this is freedom isn't free. The part we don't always say: It is
profoundly expensive, in human terms and financial terms.
“And part of
what makes this event so special for me and for the Lieutenant
Governor,
and our team, is the walk that many of the folks who are sitting in these
chairs and standing here wearing those yellow flowers will take as they come up
here and remind us of the size of the human cost, and the human loss and the
human sacrifice that comes with all of this.
“And to those
of you who are going to take this walk today, I just want you to know that for
me and for the Lieutenant Governor, it is in many ways
the most powerful and impactful moment of Memorial Day weekend and has been
every time we've been here to watch you walk up here and speak the name, again,
of your lost loved one.
“In some
respects, it's a constant reminder to all of us that it's more than just it's
not free – this thing we call freedom. People pay an enormous price so that the
rest of us can benefit from it.
“God bless
you all. Thank you.”
In honor
of Memorial Day, Governor Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the
Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise
until noon and full staff from noon until sunset on Monday, May 30, 2022. The
order applies to the main or administration building of each public institution
of the Commonwealth, other state-owned or state-controlled buildings and all
state military installations.
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