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| Michael Connelly |
This article is not
political in any way. It is a Veterans Day tribute to my brothers and sisters
who have fought and often died for our country for over 240 years. Your bravery
has occurred on American soil during the Revolution and the War of 1812 and on
numerous foreign battlefields around the world. You always fought for the same
thing, the oath you took to defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies foreign and domestic.
It does not matter if you
were drafted into service or volunteered; you chose not to run and hide, but to
serve. You signed a blank check to your country and your fellow Americans to
pledge everything up to and including your lives to protect their freedom. This
makes you one of the true elites in America; you are the bravest of the brave.
You had no safe spaces
where you could hide, and you didn’t ask for any. You did your duty and you did
it proudly. You are a true American hero, and you must never forget that, and
as veterans we must never let Americans forget us and our brothers and sisters
at arms. We have sacrificed too much to let our country slip away into the
darkness, and become anything less than the Constitutional Republic we all
fought to defend.
My family members have
served in every war America has fought from the Revolution to the current war
on terror. Two of them were killed during the Civil War, one fighting for the
north died at Vicksburg, while the other fighting for the south was killed at Gettysburg.
I honor both of their memories. My father was in combat for 326 straight days
during World War II, and I have two sons still serving today. I honor them and
all who have served, and our family will keep their memory alive.
Many
people in our nation have similar family histories and must keep their legacy
alive for future generations so that they will learn the values that we were
taught and pass them on so that America will survive. Happy Veterans Day!
Michael
Connelly
