Veteran's Day Tribute

As we celebrate our veterans on this Veterans Day, I feel honored to have so many people listening who are interested in honoring our veterans. How wonderful it is to see the spirit of patriotism growing in our country! Once again, it is popular to publicly express love for our great country. That patriotic spirit has spread to Americans of all ages. Children wear patriotic clothing teenagers put flag bumper stickers on their cars college students hang flags in their dorm-room windows and adults fly flags or place other Patriotic symbols on their lawns in front of their homes. There has been events have made us realize what we have as Americans and the freedom we enjoy. Today we recognize those who have protected and continue to protect our way of life. Originally called Armistice Day, this day was conceived as a tribute to the Americans who sacrificed their lives in World War I. Now we also honor all American veterans who have served in any war, before or after World War I to defend democracy. We honor our veterans in time of peace as well, for they protect what our war veterans fought and died to defend. We celebrate this day we honor veterans today because we know that without them, there would be no land of the free or "Home of the brave... Without the veterans of the American Revolution, there would not even be a United States of America. Without the veterans of the Civil War who fought on the side for what they believed in the strong, united America we know today might never have been possible. Without the World War II veterans, we might be living in a country in a world where freedom of choice or the right to vote no longer exist. And without those currently fighting the War on Terrorism, we would be living in constant fear or under the control of the likes of Osama Bin Laden and Sadadem Hussein or simply, without freedom at all. All of our veterans have protected our democracy our freedom our way of life. Today, we honor and thank them. And tomorrow we must continue to honor them. They have given us the chance to live in freedom today and an opportunity to look forward to tomorrow. They have given us this every day and they have protected our every freedom. We must honor them every day, in every way that we can. The best way to honor our veterans is to take an active part in maintaining freedom in America. We must teach future generations about what it means to be an American. How much an honor and privilege it is to be an American. We must volunteer in our communities take care of veterans and their families vote in elections and continue to try to make America the very best that it can be. Without our veterans, we wouldnt be where we are today. Without you, we wont be able to reach where we could be tomorrow. A veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to, and including, their life. That to me is beyond honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact.
updated by @stars-radio: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Thanks Jerry! Great statement.


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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.

PattyKay, we had to learn that poem in elementary school, "by heart" as they used to say. At the time it was just words for me because, being not yet even a teen, I didn't realize what it was talking about. For years now, that poem has meant so much to me. I remember the hurt of burying a close friend who grew up just down the street from me, with whom I played every day, after we was killed in Nam. Shortly afterwards, I received word that one of my close high school friends was killed in Nam. I couldn't attend his funeral as my ship was out to sea. Within a couple weeks more, another high school friend was killed and they never recovered the body as his jet was lost over sea just off the coast of Nam. Six months after that, a very good friend of mine on my ship, a guy with whom I was really close, lost his identical twin brother in Nam. Now I have watched the news as many from my home state have been killed in the wars in the middle east. Seems as though there will never be an end to the wars. Never a "war to end all wars" just wars leaving something else to be fought over. I bought a poppy yesterday from the VFW for disabled veterans. My Daddy always had one wrapped around the sunvisor in his vehicle and I do mean ALWAYS. Now there is one wrapped around the sunvisor in my vehicle. As I have said, Veterans Day is a very emotional day for me.Tim


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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.