Vermont Republican Party

05/29/2026

05/27/2026

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05/26/2026

VTGOP Monday Message

They Gave Up Two Lives
https://open.substack.com/pub/vtgopmondaymessage/p/they-gave-up-two-lives

05/26/2026

Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day speech 1985

"Sometime back I received in the name of our country the bodies of four marines who had died while on active duty. I said then that there is a special sadness that accompanies the death of a serviceman, for we're never quite good enough to them-not really; we can't be, because what they gave us is beyond our powers to repay. And so, when a serviceman dies, it's a tear in the fabric, a break in the whole, and all we can do is remember.

It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives -- the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us."

A video to honor and remember those who have fallen defending our country.

05/24/2026

Memorial Day is the one holiday we don't "celebrate"

Take a moment to remember with us all those soldiers who surrendered everything in service to this country. And just as importantly, remember those loved ones and friends who bear the loss.

A special tribute from one of the VTGOP's many veterans, Rep. Mark Higley