Today is Medal of Honor Day. March 25 marks the date in 1863 when the first of these medals was awarded. It also falls, appropriately, during Lent, 40 days of reflection and sacrifice that begin with Ash Wednesday’s stark reminder of our mortality — “From dust you came and to dust you shall return” — and near their end on Good Friday, when Christ gave the ultimate example of fearlessly offering himself for others. So writes my friend Kevin Ferris, vice president of communications at Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, in today’s Washington Examiner. His article is titled Behind every Medal […]