Thank You, WWII Vets

I would like to take the opportunity, on this day of dedication of the WWII Memorial (which I have yet to see), to give a big thank you to the men and women who served in the military during WWII and in many cases didn't live to see the V-Day. I would also like to say thank you to the family members and friends who sacrificed so much during these long years of battle, knowing that they might never see their loved ones again. There was a true sense of patriotism back then, a true sense of pulling together as a nation, despite differing political opinions.

There is a lot that we can learn from these folks today. Were it not for them, it is likely that I would not be alive nowdays, and likely that my co-worker's maternal side of the family, being Jewish, would not be around these days.

I want my future children, and my cousin's children and grandchildren, to grow up learning about the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and all that it means to be an American. For their sake, we need to pull together, put differences behind, roll up our sleeves and get to work to ensure their future.