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We honor them every year and we regard them with awe and deepest admiration. Proud, but humble in countenance, they seem to simply play their part in our annual celebration of appreciation for their courageous contributions to the wellbeing of our nation. The well-being of ourselves as a society.
The flesh and blood reality is even more awe-inspiring as we realize how fragile life truly is, and yet these brave men and women each took a stand and declared that no harm should come to their fellow countrymen. Not on their watch.
Veterans Day is a time when each of us has a rare opportunity to reflect a small fraction of that magnificent commitment to humanity back upon the heroes who helped to make us all so much safer in a sometimes savage world.
Those of us who never served in the military cannot know the hardship, privation, and sacrifice that these people have made on behalf of all of us. Some have made the supreme sacrifice. It is for them most of all that we bow our heads and utter prayers of solace and of gratitude for the precious gifts that they have laid before us. Those of liberty and a future free from fear of enemies seen and unseen.
We must endeavor to express our thanks at every possible opportunity. Veterans Day is one opportunity, but there can be many more if we choose to make them. It is up to us to do just that.
We can take a stand and commit ourselves to celebrating the contributions of our beloved champions, one and all, each and every day to come. We ask that everyone here and elsewhere do just that.
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We all honor veterans in our own way, but how do we, AS A COMMUNITY, honor veterans? A city parade tradition cancelled, then held in Nov. With no notice. That meant low attendance. Following year, nothing. Some rumors of a veterans day event, then that’s cancelled. Banners, festivals, city shutdowns to honor Marshmallow Fluff, or an artists flea market (used to be artbeat). But zero, Zippo, nada nothing from the community to publicly honor these people who will do literally anything asked of them whether they agree or not. Perhaps when there’s another Hitler, we throw jars or fluff at him? Maybe make a collage or sing a song? That seems to be all we celebrate
So true. How disrespectful to our veterans to not hold a Memorial Day or Veterans Day celebration! Yet as you said, every month there’s a different event people flock to, festivals, porch fest, Art Beat, Fluff Fest, etc. This city is nothing more than an empty shell. It’s disgraceful. What kind of lesson are you teaching our children? Thank you to all of our Veterans for all that you do and have done. Freedom isn’t free, there are still some here who remember that.
It’s a different time. I am often accused of being a flag waver but I take that as a compliment. This state happens to be the least patriotic out of all the states. And it started here. People take this time out of their lives and it has to change them in one way or another for the rest of their lives. I won’t know because I could not get in the service. Maybe it was the way I was brought up and the respect we had for the flag and our country. I am rarely not wearing something patriotic to show my respect. I could go on about this for along time as it means so much to me. I spend a lot of time at the VA and have talked to many there. No matter how much I have learned I doubt I will ever really know. But as long as I am here I will respect them and my flag. Every day is veterans day as far as I am concerned. And I don’t care who knows it.
There is a Veterans Day Heroes Salute this Saturday, November 9, 2019
11:00am at the Somerville Holiday Inn Bunker Hill/Boston.
This is a great event that honors Somerville veterans. I enjoy this event much more than a political parade where soldiers march with Spider-Man and the Ghostbusters.
How does one e find out about this? Never heard of it before. No time for me to make plans to go. Before I go, do I buy tickets? How much? What kind of event is it? Dress code? Kids? Ticket at the door or in advance? Who’s running it?