VETERANS DAY 2012

[MsRowdyRedhead]

What Is A Veteran?

A  'Veteran,' whether active duty, discharged, retired,
or reserve is 'someone who, at one point in his life,
wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United
States of America,' for an amount of 'up to and
including his life.'

Please take a moment to  honor  Our Veterans


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJdtOcwDcY&feature=player_detailpage




Freedom is not Free

by Ashley Persyn

 

There is a price we pay for freedom

For it is not truly free

But rather paid for by the contributions of veterans

To buy our liberty

 
As their blood drains from their body and runs like a river through the grass

Over the years it's forgotten, war is placed in our past

I don't think we all realize the importance veterans play

as they voluntarily serve America each and every day

 

We should honor the veterans for they act like a shield

Protecting us from danger, keeping America healed.

So if you would take a second to commemorate

You will instantly see

We owe veterans our gratitude

For they are the reason we are free



Because of You, Unknown Soldier

By Courtney Tanabe

 

Because of you, I am here

Because of you, I am able to live freely

 
Yet I do not know you

And I have not done anything for you

 
But there you stand, ready to fight

And there you are prepared to die

For me

 
You've fought before

And you'll fight again

For someone you don't know

 
So thank you Unknown Soldier

Fighting for me

 

I'm here because of you

And I owe my future to you