Thread: Thank you to all Veterans

On this day I would like to thank all Veterans and current active duty military members for your service to your country, both liberal and conservative. Your sacrifice has made the citizens of our great nation proud.

You give so that others might live...in freedom. God bless you! Kathy

I was flipping through the TV channels and came across a news broadcast from Great Britain. It was possibly BBC News or something and they were interviewing some people. The subject isn't important, but the thing that I noticed was they were all wearing red poppies in their lapels or attached to their clothing. I remember when I was a kid in the Midwest, say 35 or 40 years ago, and my parents would always wear these fake red poppies on...

I remember. The poppies became a symbol based on the Poem, In Flanders Field . The poem was written by a Canadian physician serving in Belgium during WW I. He died just a few weeks after writing the poem. My family and I had a chance to visit Ypres when I was stationed in Belgium and visited the site where this poem was penned. I don't know as much about WW I as I do about WW II, so it was a moment to learn a little bit about a portion...

On this day I would like to thank all Veterans and current active duty military members for your service to your country, both liberal and conservative. Your sacrifice has made the citizens of our great nation proud. Thank you. wolverine HM1(SS), USN (Ret.)