Veteran's Day. A day meant to honor those who are currently serving or have served in the past as members of the American Armed Forces. Some people say their heroes are Superman, Batman, or other iconic superheroes of some kind. Me? My hero is the aggregate group of veterans in this country . Think about it, if we had no veterans, there probably wouldn't even be a United States of America! Because if there were no veterans of the Revolutionary War, there wouldn't have been a war in the first place, and all of the states we know today would be colonies in the British Empire!
This all started on September 11, 2001. I know this sounds cliche, but I don't think I could truly appreciate our vets until that fateful day when my entire elementary school had to have recess inside. I know that sounds kind of strange, but that day was definitely the day that I realized what our men and women in uniform do for us. That day, and several days following, I came to realize that although they may have been fighting for a cause that was discovered to be false, the Armed Forces do protect our liberty.
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