Veterans Day Ceremony: Honoring Our Heroes

“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1864) Don’t be like me. Don’t wait 40 years to go to your first Veteran’s Day ceremony. It was special. It was honoring. Seek one out. . Imagine what would happen if everyone who wasn’t required to be at work showed up and supported our veterans. The tradition. The encouragement. Seek out the opportunities. . After the colors and the Star Spangled Banner, the speaker spoke about our obligation to honor and remember. My oldest even turned to me and said she would be memorizing that for her speech for class. Seek knowledge. . Teach them the pledges. Sing the national anthem. Memorize the famous speeches. We owe it to them. . Thank you, Veterans! ❤️ As for the rest of us, I hope more of us show up next year to the local ceremony. . Day 11. Thirty grateful moments. Seek.