Honoring Our Veterans
- The New York State Broadcasters Association
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
It’s Veterans’ day. Take time today to think about your grandparents, parents, sons, daughters, friends and neighbors who have served this country. For more than 250 years, they safeguarded our freedoms. As broadcasters, we could not exist without the freedom provided to us by the First Amendment. As Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins stated:
“America’s Veterans have made our country – and our military – the greatest in the world. On Veterans Day, we honor these patriots, celebrate them for protecting our freedoms and salute them for keeping us safe.”
Veterans' Day is celebrated today because WWI ended in the eleventh month, on the eleventh day, at the eleventh hour. It was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” It did not. Since that time, generations of Americans have been called upon to serve our country and defend our freedoms. So today, let’s thank and honor our veterans. They certainly deserve it.
