Memorial Day: Homage to Service and Sacrifice
Next year, America marks its 250th birthday. With a charter dating to 1899, Hancock Whitney has been around for more than half that time, helping to create opportunities for people and communities across the American Gulf South. Our country has stayed strong and free — and, in turn, our company has been able to help people achieve their dreams for 125-plus years — in great part because of those who have served and sacrificed with America’s military.
On Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, we remember and pay special tribute to millions of individuals who fought and died to defend the democratic principles on which our Nation was founded. The earliest ceremonies saluting those lost in service began not too long before our bank began and, over the next century, evolved into the official federal holiday we know now as Memorial Day. Many people also consider Memorial Day the unofficial start of summer.
While we may take the day to barbeque, go boating, or visit the beach, we should also always bear in mind that we have the liberty to relax with family and friends because of the bravery of so many whose ultimate sacrifice helped secure our land of the free. Their valor and loss beget a debt that we can never repay, must always honor, and can never take for granted. The heartache their loved ones endured helped forge the bedrock on which we continue to build and grow as a United States.
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