Veterans Day

[Frank Steffens]

I know there are many Veterans on this board, as well as those who are still in service to our great nation.

From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you. It is because of people like you that I can write this. It is because of people like you that I enjoy freedom, comfort and and the joy of family. It simply would not be possible to have these things were it not for the service and sacrifice that you have made to keep us safe and free. You are all true Heroes.

God Bless all of you. May this Veteran's Day and every other day find you healthy, happy and proud of the good work and the good people that you are.

Gratefully,

Frank Steffens

[mikemodeler]

Frank, thanks for stating what many of us feel and think.

I too, thank you veterans for your past service and want to thank current members of our armed forces here and abroad for your willingness to keep us free.

Mike

[cruzn]

Frank, thanks for stating what many of us feel and think.

I too, thank you veterans for your past service and want to thank current members of our armed forces here and abroad for your willingness to keep us free.

Mike

Thanks Guys..

I have My Flag up Most days of the year Unless it gets too stormy.

[locoengr]

Very nice way of stating what so many of us feel Frank. Thank you for starting this post and many, many thanks to all of our brave women and men serving or that have served in our military! My prayers are with you always!

Bruce

[935k3]

Amen!!!!!!!!!!Thanks to all who serve and have served. I was in the US Navy from 1975-1979 and I have never regretted doing it. It was a great experience I will never forget.

[Clay]

I, too would like to thank all who have served and are serving, because without you I wouldn't be doing what I am today.

Thanks to all who has given their lives for this great nation, you are truely not forgotten.

[Raul_Perez]

I know there are many Veterans on this board, as well as those who are still in service to our great nation.

From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you. It is because of people like you that I can write this. It is because of people like you that I enjoy freedom, comfort and and the joy of family. It simply would not be possible to have these things were it not for the service and sacrifice that you have made to keep us safe and free. You are all true Heroes.

God Bless all of you. May this Veteran's Day and every other day find you healthy, happy and proud of the good work and the good people that you are.

Gratefully,

Frank Steffens

It couldn't have been said any better!!

Thanks to all of you!!

[FloridaBoy]

When I was a little boy in Sharpsville, PA, the town had a Veteran's Day Parade which started "downtown" and ended up at a park next to my home when there was a picnic and speeches, and next to the Cemetery where they laid wreaths on Veteran's gravesites. Since Mom and Dad were solid in this small town, they dolled up my bike with red white and blue crepe paper and let me lead the kids on the bicycle part of the parade. With my Dad helping me decorate my bike and trying to explain what it was all about, and why I should be grateful, he got the message through.

At 18, I was classed I-Y, as I had pterygiums in my eyes. I donated some of my time during the VietNam war visiting former armed forces guys in the hospital either reading them or trying to keep them up to date on what was happening in Ft. Lauderdale.

Ever since then, I have worked in government service, and made sure that we had some recognition of November 11, and that the flags flying over City buildings were in good condition. My zeal led to our Congressional Representative to have flags sent to us that once flew over the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The disappointment was that our Congressman told me that I was the only one who wanted them for their buildings in Broward County.

Whatever I did or thought of wasn't enough considering the sacrifice that some made, those who died protecting this country, or lost a limb or sensory organ, or even their sanity. No matter how screwed you think you are by this country, culture, society, or people, there just isn't anyone better than this one, although flawed at times, and we should give a little thanks everyday to those we take for granted.

I listened to Sen. John McCain who related a story about his cell mate in N. VietNam, Michael Christian, who stitched American Flags on the inside of his prison jersey and led a Pledge of Allegiance daily, and for the beatings he endured yet he prevailed.

That moved me greatly, and that seven year old little kid watching those wreaths placed in 1955 just hit deep all again.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman