Veterans Day
Today is Veteran's Day. There will be parades. There will be speeches by politicians. However, most of us will go about our day as normal. Stores and restaurants will go about their business. I don't have a problem with that. The freedom to go about our everyday life as we please is why those veterans we honor today served. Even if you're not standing watching a parade go by you can participate in a simpler fashion, just go up to a vet and say thanks. Whether it is a octogenarian who served in WW II, a younger senior citizen who served in Korea or Vietnam, a more recent veteran of the Cold War or someone currently serving there are veterans all around us.
Something more important you can do for our veterans is to find reliefs for those currently serving. In the military you are always training someone to take your place. So, I'd ask you to talk to the young adults (or soon to be adults) you know who would represent our country well and encourage them to consider military service. Just plant the thought.
posted by LargeBill at 5:14 PM
2 Comments:
Bill, Thanks
6:12 AM
I attended a school fall festival with my ten year old son, and saw an older man wearing a cap of the USMC. I took time to have a conversation with him to thank him for serving our country, and as usual, I told him about my older son that served in the Marines, too.
This wonderful man pointed to me and showed me his son in the crowd who was also a Marine, and smiled real big when telling me his grandson, also a Marine, had just returned for leave from Iraq. Duty to Country most certainly is passed on from generation to generation.
Those that serve in the military are the saviours of our Country. And to you Bill, thanks for your service.
8:11 PM
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