LIVING HISTORY PASSING THE TORCH OF LIBERTY ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER VOL. 1 NO. 4, AUGUST 2016

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Many times I’m asked, “How is the Freedom Committee of Orange County doing?” This is usually followed up by a concern for our WWII members who are passing on. I admit that I have attended more masses, services, and celebrations of life than I signed up for. While attending these services, I have gained a greater respect for these veterans, as I had the opportunity to meet their families, friends, and neighbors, all of whom spoke fondly and highly about these veterans. As our founder Jack Hammett said to me while we were walking through the Harbor Lawn memorial park several years ago, before Memorial Day and reflecting upon the headstones, “Its the dash between dates that’s important!…the life you lived.”