May 31, 2010 will be the United States Memorial Day. This celebration was formerly known as Decoration Day. The yearly, Memorial Day commemorated U.S. men and women who sacrificed their lives in the military service. There are many Memorial Day quotes which we have also remembered throughout the years. This year as part of the Memorial Day Celebration, Mioboo shares with you some interesting Memorial Day quotes.

Before we go to those Memorial Day quotes, I think it would be interesting to share a little trivia about the United States Memorial Day. The first Memorial Day was enacted in order to honor Union soldiers. Some of those places in which Memorial Day was first celebrated includes Sharpsburg, Charleston, South Carolina; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; Petersburg, Virginia; Carbondale, Illinois; Columbus, Mississippi; many communities in Vermont; and some two dozen other cities and towns.

Since then Memorial Day had been an annual part of the United States celebrations. Here are some of the memorable and inspiring Memorial Day Quotes:

“Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.” -Martin Luther

“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” – Minot J. Savage

“And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.” – Lee Greenwood

“The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.” – Thomas Campbell

“I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Meanwhile, if you have relatives which is a part of the Memorial Day celebration today, you can relive them by preserving their memories. You can create free memorials online.