Forgive... but never forget.
Americans are a forgiving people. But too often with forgiveness comes forgetting. Forgetting the sacrifices. Forgetting the lives lost or changed forever. Forgetting the lessons learned. Forgetting what our parents or grandparents did for us. Forgetting what we owe our children... and what they owe their children. Forgetting that liberty is dear and not cheap.
We are Americans first and foremost... not Irish-Ameicans, African-Americans, Arab-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans... Americans. When we forget that, we will not be forgiven by the rest of the world.