Why ‘Pietas’ Is the Forgotten Virtue We Need to Remember on Memorial Day
A burial detail lowers the flag-draped casket of Specialist Alejandro L. Manrique, a U.S. Army soldier killed during the U.S. invasion of Panama, to his final resting place with full military honors on Dec. 28, 1989.
COMMENTARY: The Latin term means doing what is needed, regardless of discomfort, tiredness, ingratitude or fear — and giving everything we have for the good of all.
