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COST OF FREEDOM
CALENDAR
www.CostofFreedomInc.org
Every Day is a Gift
A politician thinks of the next election.
A statesman, of the next generation.
— James Freeman Clarke
JANUARY 2016
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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given.
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Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a
rendezvous with destiny. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Year’s Day
Abraham Lincoln
issued the
Emancipation
Proclamation — 1863
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Martin Luther
King, Jr Day
First American
Presidential
Election — 1789
Alfred Jaco Miller “Don’t Give up the Ship”
Don’t Give Up the Ship
Tell the men to fire faster! Don’t give up the ship!
Captain James Lawrence said these heroic words
after being mortally wounded in the engagement between his ship,
the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, and HMS Shannon on 1 June 1813.
FEBRUARY 2016
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Valentine’s Day
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Presidents’ Day
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National Freedom Day
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For those that will fight for it...FREEDOM has a flavor
the protected shall never know.
— L/Cpl Edwin L. “Tim” Craft, B Co 3rd AT’s, Khe Sanh Combat Base, February, 1968
If Not Me, Then Who
Believe in, and sacrifice for,
a cause greater than self.
MARCH 2016
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History does not long entrust
the care of freedom to the
weak or the timid.
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— Dwight D. Eisenhower, inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1953
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Easter
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St. Patrick’s Day
Medal of
Honor Day
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Op Iraqi Freedom
begins – 2003
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Etiam in Pugna – Still in the Fight
May their sacrifices remind us all that freedom is a
privilege afforded to the many, yet hard won by a noble few.
APRIL 2016
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”Etiam in Pugna” – Still in the Fight, is an essential conviction which the Marine Corps instills
in each of its wounded, ill and injured Marines. Despite their injuries, Marines are focused on
their abilities and are highly motivated to contribute to the Marine Corps’ war fighting mission.
To be successful, support offered to Wounded Warriors focuses on healing the Marine
medically with an emphasis on strengthening the Marine’s Mind, Body, Spirit, and Family.
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Thomas Jefferson’s
Birthday
Passover begins
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End of Vietnam
War – 1975
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We Must Never Forget
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Our nation recognizes the sacrifice that all Gold Star Family members make when
a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or other loved one dies in service to
the nation. The strength of our nation is our military. The strength of our military
is our Soldiers. The strength of our Soldiers is our families. The military recognizes
that no one has given more for the nation than the families of the fallen.
MAY 2016
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Star Service
Silver
Banner Day
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V-E
Mother’s Day
Memorial Day
Cost of Freedom
incorporated — 2011
Greater love has no one
than this: to lay down one’s life
for one’s friends. — John 15:13 (NIV)
Armed Forces Day
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Semper Fidelis – Always Faithful
The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the
brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.
— Sebastion Junger
JUNE 2016
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Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t
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Father’s Day
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“D-Day” Normandy —
1944
PTSD
Awareness Day
Class of 1972
graduate from
US Naval Academy
Flag Day
US Army
Birthday — 1776
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compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the
standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty
to others, not letting the task go until it’s
been done. — John Keegan
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Freedom Matters
My great-great-great
grandfather, Green Flake,
was a slave. He won
his freedom and others
struggled to ensure
equality for all. That’s
why you did not see me
walk on this stage tonight
with iron wristlets or
anklets nor did you hear
the rattle of chains of
bondage. Rather, I am
here, tonight, a Major
General in the United
States Marine Corps...
Yes, freedom matters!
— MajGen Anthony L. Jackson,
USMC (Ret)
JULY 2016
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To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live
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in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Independence Day
Better to die fighting for freedom
than be a prisoner all the days of your life
— Bob Marley
Don’t Tread on Me
To be prepared for war is one of the
most effective means of preserving peace.
— George Washington
AUGUST 2016
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US Coast Guard
Birthday — 1790
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Cost of Freedom
granted tax-exempt
status — 2011
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The Constitution is the guide
which I never will abandon.
— George Washington
Duty, Honor, Country
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
After a week climbing the rugged mountains of
Afghanistan, cold, hungry and exhausted we found
a suitable staging point. Our mission was to rid the
mountainside of the enemy that had been attacking
our Forward Operating Bases. We huddled close to stay
warm and bed down until our observation point shift.
The AP reporter that was with us pulled a satellite
phone from his sack, asking if anyone wanted to call
home on Christmas Eve with the little power the phone
had. He handed it to the 1st soldier who looked at it
before passing it to another whose wife was pregnant.
That soldier handed it to another whose mother was
gravely ill in the hospital. The phone continued to pass
unused until it made it back to the reporter.
After they began to sleep, the reporter asked me,
“Sergeant Major, where do you get soldiers like this?”
My answer was short, “Soldiers like this come from
America.” What was unusual to the reporter was
common to me; soldiers putting others before
themselves, loving their country, placing honor, duty,
country and freedom above all else.
— Command Sgt Maj Gretchen Evans, USA (Ret), (left)
with Col E. David Woycik, Jr., USA (Ret)
SEPTEMBER 2016
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One doesn’t become a soldier in a week – it takes training,
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V-J Day
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study and discipline. There is no question that the finest
Army in the world is found in the United States.
— Daniel Inouye
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Patriot
Travis Manion
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Labor Day
9/11 Heroes Run
Air Force
US
Birthday — 1947
Star
Gold
Mother’s Day
POW/MIA
Recognition Day
Constitution Day/
Citizenship Day
Indomitable Spirit
People described as
having indomitable
spirits don’t need
pep talks or protein
shakes; their
strength comes from
within. The adjective
indomitable starts
with the Latin prefix
in, which means
“not.” The second
part of the word is
also from the Latin
word domitare,
meaning “to tame.”
OCTOBER 2016
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Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the
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world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
— Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1980
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Columbus Day
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US Navy
Birthday — 1775
Operation Enduring
Freedom begins —
2001
Land of the free because of the Brave
Lance Cpl James Bray Stack, USMC
1st Lt Ronald Winchester, USMC
LCpl Donald Hogan, USMC
the day he received his Eagle Globe
and Anchor after the crucible.
In war the heroes always outnumber
the soldiers ten to one.
— H.L. Mencken
NOVEMBER 2016
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Election Day
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Marine Corps
Birthday — 1775
Thanksgiving
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Veterans’ Day
The reality of war is that you might get killed
out there, the core truth about war is that you’re
guaranteed to lose your brothers.
— From the Documentary Which Way is the Front
Line from Here.
The Navy Blue and Gold
The Navy has both a tradition and a future – and we look
with pride and confidence in both directions.
— Admiral George Anderson, CNO, 1 August 1961
DECEMBER 2016
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We know what works: Freedom works. We know what’s right:
Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous
life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free
elections, and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.
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— George H. W. Bush, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1989
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Hanukkah begins
Christmas Day
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New Year’s Eve
Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day
Cost of Freedom
Weekend
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Army-Navy Game
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Core Values of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
Honor, Courage, Commitment
U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1972, 27th Company
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returning from combat. It is our goal to further share the meaning of values such as honor, courage, commitment, respect,
sacrifice, and valor to the community and to generations to come so that we might never forget the sacrifices of
our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen and always be reminded that freedom is not free.
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Thank you to John Hooper for providing some photographs for this calendar.