Yes a great big THANK YOU to all the service men and women who have or are currently serving in the military. ( Not just U.S. soldiers either!
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In my small town, each year we have such a moving ceremony. The man who played the bugle for U.S. Grant ( Seth Flint) and played taps at the surrender of Lee @ Appomattox at the end of the civil war was from our town. Today , my 83 year old brother, a Korean War Veteran, led the ceremony, as he has for the past 50 years or so. He braved the 80 degree heat and humidity to deliver a great message to the crowd, even though he had to bring his portable oxygen ! He mentioned that being in the cemetery we honor the dead by raising monuments, but that every soldier's true monument is a country where freedom still rings! How symbolic of all those that have given so much. I was very proud.
NEVER FORGET !!
JK
Thanks to the over 1 million American soldiers that have given the ultimate sacrifice