I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.

Beck points to Israel’s calendar pairing—Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) immediately followed by Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day)—as a model for civic ritual. The juxtaposition is meant to bind national celebration to remembrance of sacrifice, so that patriotism is tempered by grief, gratitude, and a sense of duty. By saying he wants to “start that tradition here in America,” he frames commemoration as a prerequisite for legitimate celebration, implying that public joy should be grounded in reflection on the costs of freedom. The quote also functions rhetorically as a call to reshape American civic culture through a borrowed, symbolically powerful practice.