Take the time to thank a Veteran

Well, to day is Veteran’s Day and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of those who have served us and this Country. Freedom is a wonderful gift, which we enjoy as a result of many years worth of sacrifice in times of peace as well as times of war. I am truly grateful for those who have answered the call to serve, those who have supported those who answered the call to service, and those who will yet serve and support. I am especially grateful for those who have laid down their lives to secure our freedom, and those who carry their memory.

While these words were said 145 years ago, I believe they are, as all truth is, applicable to our time-

“The brave men [and women], living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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.”