The connection between country music and the US Military has a long rich history with deep ties bonding the two.

Rodney Atkins is just one of the many country artists who does all his can to honor the military, and this day honoring the fallen means something special to him, “I can’t not go through a Memorial Day without thinking about the men and women and what they’re willing to sacrifice. And then you think about the ones that have actually had to make that sacrifice. I think Memorial Day is probably the most important national holiday that we can experience, I think, as a country.”