Memorial Day Tributes

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Remember Memorial Day is for the men & women who gave their lives to defend this country. Not many gave more than Harvard Eddie Grant of the New York Giants who died leading his men into the Argonne to rescue the Lost Battalion. I wrote a tribute to Eddie on my website a few years back (originally for Veteran's Day) and each Memorial Day re-post it to honor all those who died so I could grow up in a free country.

You can read Eddie Grant's story and see my illustration of him HERE

On another Memorial Day I wrote and illustrated another ballplayer who gave his life, minor league pitcher Bill Niemeyer.

On Memorial Day weekend I always make sure I take a moment to quietly say thank you to Eddie Grant, Bill Niemeyer and all the others who never came back home.