Memorial Day 2025
‘Protect the Liberty They Fought for’: Full Text of Jayme Stevenson’s Memorial Day Address
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Those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in America’s wars deserve something more than even the gratitude, acknowledgement and respect of living Americans, said former First Selectman Jayme Stevenson in the keynote address at Darien’s Memorial Day ceremony. They and our country deserve to be paid back by our being “willing in our own way to step up and protect the liberty they fought for,” she said. Stevenson’s speech, before roughly 200 people gathered at the state Veteran’s Cemetery at Spring Grove Cemetery, lasted about seven minutes. “It’s our duty as beneficiaries of their sacrifice to honor their legacy, not just today but every day,” she continued. “We do this by living our lives worthy of their courage, by protecting the freedoms they fought for and by ensuring that the future generations understand the cost of liberty.
