COUNTRY ARE MARKING MEMORIAL DAY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, STATE LEADERS JOINED THE COMMUNITY IN REMEMBERING THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM. THERE WERE SEVERAL EVENTS AROUND LOUISVILLE. PLUS, THE PRESIDENT HONORED THE FALLEN AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. BUT WE START AT CAVE HILL CEMETERY HERE IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE OUR MADISON ELLIOTT SHOWS US HOW THEIR LIVES WERE HONORED TODAY. MADISON. ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY OFFICE, MORE THAN 11,000 KENTUCKIANS HAVE DIED IN COMBAT SINCE WORLD WAR ONE. ON MONDAY, HE AND SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL CAME TO CAVE HILL CEMETERY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. IN MEMORY OF THE HEROIC DEAD WHO HAVE FALLEN IN DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I PLACE THIS TRIBUTE OF OUR DEVOTION AND EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED ON MONDAY TO SAY THANK YOU. TWO WORDS THAT COME NOWHERE CLOSE TO EXPRESSING HOW WE ALL FEEL TO SERVICE MEMBERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SERVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMERICA IS DEEPLY IN YOUR DEBT. CAVE HILL CEMETERY IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR MORE THAN 7500 VETERANS. FREEDOM MAY SEEM LIKE A CONCEPT THAT IS INHERENT TO HUMAN BEINGS, BUT IN REALITY IT COMES AT A COST. AS KENTUCKY LEADERS HIGHLIGHTED AND REMEMBERED THE SERVICE OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. SENATOR MCCONNELL ALSO HIGHLIGHTED WHAT HE CALLS CURRENT THREATS TO DEMOCRACY FROM AMERICAN ADVERSARIES. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID WAR. IS TO BE STRONG SO THAT YOUR ADVERSARIES DON맥스카지노�T WANT TO MESS WITH YOU. THE CEREMONY ALSO HONORED VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS WHO맥스카지노�VE LOST THEIR LIVES TO SUICIDE. THE MENTAL TOLL OF WAR CAN OFTEN LEAD TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MANY VETERANS STRUGGLE WITH THESE ISSUES LONG AFTER THEY HAVE RETURNED HOME. FLAGS WERE ALSO PLACED AT ALL OF THE HEADSTONES. YOUR MEMORY WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS AT CAV