What Is It With This Guy?

I'm trying to be very careful, since I may not have a dog in this race. However, here is a quote from Mr. Obama's Memorial Day speech in Las Cruces, NM today -
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
Are they rising from the dead, or what?
(Just asking)