Readers Respond: Top ways to celebrate

Responses: 11

By Rod Powers, About.com Guide

From the article: Veterans Benefits

How do you help our Veterans succeed? Share your plans

i never knew this much before but thnx have. i love this day beacause we dont have school and it remembers the soldiers most importantly
—Guest brandon

Please forgive the troll and take moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by this veteran. http://www.michaelawoodjr.com/2012/11/08/the-most-disgusting-thing-about-baltimore-and-its-police-department/
—Guest Michael A. Wood Jr.

Today is Veteran's Day, but most people, including the media, do not know who qualifies as a "veteran". Some think you must have served during wartime to be classified as a veteran. Others think it means you served 20 plus years and receive veteran benefits. I think the media should make the public aware that "veteran" applies to all who have served their country, regardless of when and how long.
—Guest larry

Veterans and Memorial Days: To me the word SACRIFICE stands out! Sacrifice for the good of our American way of life. Many times it has been the Ultimate Sacrifice. Others a Sacrifice, to never again see those we love in this life. Both days should bring them back into our hearts and love them once again and hope that love will last for eternity. I pray our Lord God will bless all who have Sacrificed to know they are remembered, appreciated, and loved.
—Guest Michael S Miller

I have a 4" X 4" post in my front yard, with a 3' X 5" Old Glory on it. Fromn the other 3 sides, 3" lower, I'll have a US Army flag, a USAF flag, and a "Don't Tread on Me" flag. Me, my father-in-law, and wife.
—Guest Dean Hawkins

I have a 4" X 4" post in my front yard, with a 3' X 5" Old Glory on it. Fromn the other 3 sides, 3" lower, I'll have a US Army flag, a USAF flag, and a "Don't Tread on Me" flag. Me, my father-in-law, and wife.
—Guest Dean Hawkins

I am a member of the American Legion Post 887 of Eldred Pa. Will be speaking to the Veterans at the American Legion in Smethport,Pa on Saturday Nov.10th. I am a Viet Nam Vet of 1968, who was shot 3 times in one day, awarded the purple and bronze star w/Vfor valor. I have a web site, twistoffateministry.com
—Guest Rev. Frank T. Eppley

Our military men and women get so very little praise or awareness from the vast majority of our country that I was moved to write this poem. Owed to the Life of the Soldier by Curt Vevang You saved our freedom by going to war. I worked and partied and stayed on our shore. I have what you've earned, I've hardly a care. You fought in the war. Life's not at all fair. You were killed one day, by a road side bomb. I'm here in the states in the peace and calm. I have the freedom that you've earned for me. Your life has ended. I'm happy and free. I have what you've earned, I've hardly a care. Your home is a box. Death's not at all fair. You lie there in pain, confined to your bed, fragments of shrapnel entombed in your head. What price did I pay for all that I got? A pebble of sand compared to your lot. I have what you've earned, I've hardly a care. You lie in that bed. Life's not at all fair. I have my freedom which I didn't earn. You paid the price and got nil in return.
—Vevangcb

I honor the firefighters, public enforcement, health and other people including volunteers that protect us daily from attack, disease and local disasters (that may sometimes be the result of external forces as well). Enemies of all human kind may find us at home in the United States of America where we live, work and enjoy. Ours is one of the few countries that fights most of its battles in other locations. So thank you to our military forces, who serve in the near or distant locations from our shores, and of whom I am proud to have been a serving member. Thank you to all that serve to protect us all, and who do that no matter whom they may serve, and most upliftingly without the slightest consideration to race, religion, sex and more!
—Guest Bo Petty

Rod Powers
US Military Guide