Memorial Day 2026
This Memorial Day weekend has been especially unique. We visited the gravesite of Ansel Briggs, Iowa’s first governor, and attended a very emotionally moving event in Andrew, Iowa, as local people shared their love for America and honored those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of this nation, phrases from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address echo in my head. This nation, conceived in liberty, is once again engaged in a great war testing whether we can endure. It is an ideological war that has undermined the foundations of our freedom, and we know that no house can stand without a strong foundation. Our fight is to restore those foundations in which our founders so deeply believed - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. We must be dedicated to this work and take increased devotion to the cause of liberty for which so many have given the full measure of devotion on battlefields around the world.
Brad Sherman
Republican Candidate for Iowa Governor