If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title hands-down.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

Nowadays many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored and worse neglected.

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

As America celebrates Memorial Day we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.

My fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.

Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character.