New Video Message from Congresswoman Johnson

2012 Memorial Day

“ Honoring Our Veterans ”

Washington, DC- (Friday, May 25, 2012) — Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement honoring our veterans and their families on Memorial Day, which will be observed on Monday, May 28, 2012:

“On this Memorial Day, we honor the sacrifices of the servicemen and women of America’s Armed Forces who have fought and died to defend our freedom. Members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard have molded America into the great Nation that it is today. I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the brave Americans in uniform and recognize the families of our fallen.  It is those families who have served as the backbone for America – remaining strong and providing the memories of the fallen in our hearts.

For the servicemen and women that are fortunate enough to return home, we must continue to uphold our promise to these soldiers by ensuring that benefits and healthcare services are provided to them and their families.  Every man and woman that makes it home from active service is a veteran, and we must continue to treat them with the honor and respect that they have earned.   

I would like to encourage our Nation’s veterans to participate in the Veteran’s History Project, which was created by the United States Congress to collect, preserve, and share the stories of American wartime veterans, so that future generations could hear about their service directly from those who served.  To date, the Veterans History Project holds over 80,000 individual collections, and is the largest oral history project in the Nation.  I invite you to be part of this critical mission to preserve the stories of our Armed Forces, by going to the website www.LOC.gov/Vets. 

As we reflect this Memorial Day, I ask that my constituents and Americans of this great country to take a moment and thank our veterans and active duty members for their unwavering service.”

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.