What is National Supreme Sacrifice Day?
Many who have made extraordinary sacrifices for the sake and the benefit of others, as well as those who sacrifice their lives every day for us, are recognized on National Supreme Sacrifice Day on March 18th.
The men and women in uniform who have sacrificed their lives to protect their country and communities are the most likely to be remembered. This day also honors those who have stepped forward during times of crisis to save a stranger or a neighbor, as well as the supreme sacrifice that day.
These sacrifices come in a variety of ways. We don't always recognize them when we see them, nor do we ever expect them to be excited about them. Although they were only 200 yards away, they were only 200 yards away from seeing their house, as in the case of one young Miner who saved the lives of 11-year-old Emmet and 8-year-old Myrdith when the sleigh they were in overturned during a blizzard so heavy they couldn't see their house. Wind howling so loudly that they couldn't hear their father's voice calling to them. They had taken home from school in rural North Dakota and been caught up in the blizzard on March 15, 1920. Hazel Miner, her 16-year-old sister, shielded her siblings with her body, retaining the blankets in place over her siblings through the night. Hazel Miner died that night, but her siblings' lives were saved because of her mother's actions..
These sacrifices are often unmanned and don't always arrive in uniform, and are often unmanned. These heroes step up when we least expect it and when we need it most.
