Here are today's Letters to the Editor from the Mooresville Tribune:
Ceremony was a beautiful
tribute to Beirut victims
On Saturday, Oct. 25, the Iredell County Marine Corps League staged a beautiful and emotional memorial ceremony at the Beirut Memorial Monument on Main Street in Mooresville, marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers.
The ceremony was a tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for others to have their freedom and to ensure we as Americans don't ever forget that sacrifice.
Thank you so much to Pete Meletis, the Marine Corps League and the South Iredell Color Guard for blessing us with such a tribute.
Thank you also to all our friends, family and community members who came out on a rainy Saturday morning to share this honored experience with our family.
Dot McNeely
Vicki Brawley
Mooresville
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On Veteran's Day,
let us never forget
The writer is chief of staff and past commandant of the North Carolina Marine Corps League.
On Tuesday, Veteran's Day, we will honor and remember America's veterans, war heroes, men and women alike who served, fought and died in America's wars.
They are heroes who paid the supreme sacrifice that gives us the true meaning that freedom has a great price.
Freedoms we now enjoy are not free, for they have been paid for with the ultimate sacrifices of many Americans on foreign soil. How will each of us remember these men and women? Will we remember the haunting sounds of Taps when the American flag has draped the coffin of a fallen soldier, sailor, airman or marine?
Could he have been someone you knew – a relative or a neighbor?
Will we, starting now, rededicate ourselves to pause and remember and give thanks as a grateful nation to these heroes and to all of American's service veterans?
Horrible memories of the Korean War still haunt me and remain with me every day, memories of my fallen Marine Corps brothers.
On Tuesday, let us all pause, give thanks and remember – freedom is not free. May God bless all our veterans so they may not have suffered and sacrificed in vain.
Peter T. Meletis
Mooresville
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In this great country, we
have freedom to dream
I watched Tuesday's election returns with other Democratic Party volunteers in Mooresville. I looked across the room at our diverse group and it dawned on me that we represented a cross-section of an American town.
I mean old folks, children, white folks, black folks, Hispanics and folks of many beliefs and views were all together for one purpose. We were there to witness history being made and to share the experience together. I am proud of my town of Mooresville for this moment of unity and tolerance.
There is always a danger of national pride becoming nationalistic. That's not what this pride is. This isn't the idea that America should dominate in the world. It is just the basic belief that democracy is not just an ideal but it can actually work, not just for some, but for all.
America can set the example for the rest of the world that gives each and every citizen the opportunity to start a business, start a family or have a dream.
The democratic ideal is that each individual should be allowed to reach their full potential; even if your potential includes being the President of the United States. Even if your skin color is dark, or even if you have funny ears, or even if you have a funny name like Barack Obama.
Today, even you can dare to dream, in Anytown, USA.
Jody McGillivray
Mooresville
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