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Memorial Day 2026- Fallen But Not Forgotten

Fallen But Not Forgotten

May flowers bloom near whitewashed tombs blanketing our heroes resting below.

They answered the call and gave their all, never thinking that day would come

 Our sons and daughters gone in a flash

 their life's blood watering the Liberty Tree

For 250 years the tree has grown strong 

its roots have run deep

steeped in patriots blood

Always remember they died for us to be free

be humbled to know the sacrifice they have sown

was given at such great cost

all they ask in return is to never forget their name and why they're engraved

on the whitewashed stone

above where they are laid to rest

May flowers bloom near whitewashed tombs blanketing our heroes resting below.

They answered the call and gave their all, never thinking that day would come

A Canadian Conundrum

The Canadian Institute for Health Information released statistics that reported 17 babies were born alive following botched abortion procedures of second and third trimester babies in 2025. Canadian Criminal law (s223) states that "any infant born alive, under any circumstance, is a legal person," and therefore that infant is required to receive medical care. These babies were born in the  Alberta Provincial Health System and thus were not only entitled to receive care but were required by law to have that care. Unfortunately this is not what happened. According to a opinion piece for the Western Standard written by Richard Dur, the executive director of Prolife Alberta, these infants were left to die. What exactly does it mean to be, "left to die?" I'll tell you, and it's beyond inhumane. These infants are abandoned to a cold room until they expire, no fluids, no nutrition, no incubator, no blanket, no mothers heartbeat or familiar scent to comfort them, NOTHING! This process may last several hours to days. Doctors are encouraged to stop the heart of the baby in utero, prior to the procedure,so that chances of a live birth are not likely. In response to Robert Dur's article Alberta's Health minister, Adriana LaGrange said," As our law stands, any child who survives birth is a human being and deserves respect," and promised to look into allegations that laws were not being followed.

The response of Alberta's Health Minister is puzzleling to me in several ways. First, the acknowledgement that these allegations need to be "looked" into, is a bureaucratic side step if I ever saw it. These "allegations" are public record and are easily uncovered to be factual in nature. The police and the Canadian version of a DA need to be notified and a criminal investigation needs to be opened. Secondly, recognizing the fact that these children are human beings and a citizens of Canada, entitled to medical care and protection under the law, flies into the face of legalized abortion in the first place. What are these children in utero, are they non-humans until they travel down and out of the mother's birth canal? Or even more absurd, do they only become human beings by surviving the deadly gauntlet of an abortion procedure? What are these babies called growing in the wombs of women who want them? So the only difference is if you want your child they are human beings, but if you don't want them they are non-human and can be aborted, but they magically become human again only if they survive an abortion procedure.

I'm not here to throw rocks at the Canadian's lack of a moral compass as we are equally guilty of killing our own unborn. Canada as well as America have weakened or lost the Christian Worldview that has been the bulwark of the rise and triumph of Western Civilization for over a 1000 years. It is what has made America great. If we don't reclaim it we will fall and fall hard.

A Civilizational Moment