Happy Veterans Day to all who have served
At eleven o’clock in the morning, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, bringing the Great War, the war to end all wars, WWI to an end. November 11th is known throughout most of the world as Armistice or Remembrance Day, but after WWII there was growing sentiment in the United States that November 11th should be a time to honor all veterans. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill that turned Armistice Day into Veterans Day, declaring it a national holiday.
To borrow a phrase from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, “it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”
Today is a day for honoring all of our veterans: those that fought and died, those that fought and lived, those who did not fight, those that have served during war and those that served during peace, those that have served in the past and those that are serving now, whether in combat or at home, whether near or far.
Everyone who has ever put on the uniform of the United States and those that are wearing the uniform of the United States are all my heroes. I love you all and I respect everything that you do to secure my freedom and the freedom of my family and of my friends.
You will never know how much I appreciate what you do and have done for the greatest country in the world and there is no way that I can possibly thank you for all that you do and for everything you have given up to serve the country. Please accept the following video as a small token of my appreciation.
America's Watchtower 
Today we honor our war dead and those who returned home.On a personal note, each and every day I salute my father for his service during WWII. He landed on the beach at Normandy on the fourth wave. His unit eventually hooked up with the great General George S. Patton’s third army and after having survived the campaign ended up with the contingent greeting the Russians at the Elbe River in April, 1945. This my friends was truly a generation of authentic heroes.
Today we have 1,715 veterans of the middle east campaigns who have lost limbs. They have sacrificed for a government that seems not to give two craps for their sacrifices; a government that spends millions for first lady vacations and countless other excesses but leaves it to private civilian charity groups such as The Wounded Warrior Project to provide wheelchairs and other services. Here is some simple math: providing 1,715 wheelchairs at $15,000 each amounts to a mere $25,725,000, a drop in todays government bucket. Brad Pitt makes that for one motion picture; Alex Rodriguez earns that for sitting out half a season with a hangnail. Get the picture? This is a sad commentary on a country, on a society led by a corrupt government under the auspices of an increasingly corrupt administration that metes out hundreds of millions if not billions to fraudulent green companies while kicking to the curb its wounded veterans. We the average citizen have few alternatives but to pray for justice; but not too loudly if you’re in a public building, school or space.
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The sad part is, that Veteran’s benefits are backlogged to the hilt!!!
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To think that the government is more interested in giving benefits to illegals instead of concentrating on our heroes drives me crazy, it is unacceptable to me!
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Your father is a true American hero! To think that he actually served under Patton has to be a point of pride to the family.
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You can imagine. And I was 41 years old when he told me. That generation possessed a humility that us hard to imagine.
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That is so true, we hear of some many of these vets who didn’t think they did anything extraordinary. They really do have a humility we just don’t see any more.
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Reblogged this on Brittius.com.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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The hubby and I are both Army Vets. We’re heading for the local parade on Pensacola Beach, FL for a rousing tribute to all those that have served!!!
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You and your husband, and everyone like you, are my heroes. Thank you and your husband for your service. I appreciate it more than you will ever know.
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Great tribute.
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Thank you, it is the least I could do.
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