Thank You, Veterans

In honor of Veterans Day, I am wearing my most patriotic red, white and blue two-piece suit. I would like to take this chance to thank all of the brave servicemen and -women for selflessly serving our country.

I also want to take a moment and think of my grampa, because I am very proud of the service he provided to our country, even though I never got to meet him. My grampa was a Master Paratrooper. Then he went to Officer Candidate School, and then to flight school. After he got his wings, he went to Vietnam and flew Caribou transport planes. He was very brave and got many medals. My grampa served almost 15 years in the Army, and after he resigned his commission, he became a commercial airline pilot for Western Airlines, and then for Delta Airlines until he retired. This is the flag from his military funeral.

I also want to share this poem with you:

A Nation's Strength
Walt Whitman
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly --
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.