Editor's note: Author Christine Schafrath is a South Central Power Company member and a social studies educator for Reynoldsburg City Schools and Columbus State Community College. She has a passion for history, especially from the Founding to Civil War periods, which she shares with Ohio Cooperative Living members with this piece on the first Memorial Day. She describes the message as "one of both patriotism and unity" and we think you'll find it as inspiring as we do.
