The best time to honor our veterans is all the time from sporting events to holidays to simply your house. They protected our freedom. We celebrate freedom everyday by just being an American. If we honored our veterans, for example, twice a week, we would be recognizing the men and women who protected us and our rights just a little. What they did was heroic. Not just some little deed to help out with something.
Unfortunately, many of Americas veterans have seen things they or anyone else will never forget. Many have lost friends, siblings, cousins, etc. If we say, “Yay, veterans”, and then be done, they would think that their service and who or what they lost would be meaningless. We cannot find a single way to thank the veterans for their service. Getting them a gift is not enough. They risked their lives to protect their loved ones and their country. No one can repay that favor with a simple token of gratitude.
Some people at home are veterans of loss. Meaning they lost one or more loved ones due to combat. These people may experience the same pain as the veteran of war, just in a different way. When you lose someone, they’re gone forever. You cannot replace them. When you experience this, is there a pain in your heart?
Many veterans will never return home because of MIA, POW camps, and death. If you are a veteran, it means you have had experience with something. In this case, combat. They had experience or else they would be sitting at home, not in the ground. Many veterans are unidentifiable due to burns or explosions. The unknown soldier is the classification for these veterans.
It is sad that there are veterans because it is a sign that humanity can still not settle its differences. There should be no veterans of war. But since there are, we should honor them 24/7. For they made the next step towards peace. Eventually, there will be no wars. Eventually, there will be no more veterans of war. And, eventually, we will not have to honor veterans from new wars.
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