Why We Celebrate Veterans Day

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Why We Celebrate Veterans Day A veteran is a soldier who has fought for our freedom. They are the heroes who risk everything. They risk their own lives in order for us to have all the rights and privileges that we take for granted each and every day. Without the veterans we wouldn’t be off too well. We would end up like other countries- controlled and not able to make individual decisions. People like this should be recognize and not ignored. They should be commended. Veterans go through lots of pain during battle and war. Most people can’t imagine that, much less how it feels to lose a good friend to an explosion, or constantly think of how their families are doing without them. Countless veterans arrive home with horrific wounds, and some come back with tragic illnesses, and a few unlucky ones don’t come home at all. Despite the fact that they dedicate their lives to fight battles for the sake of America, don’t you think that they deserve our respect? We wouldn’t have the rights and freedoms that we take for granted now without the veterans. We wouldn’t have freedom of speech, right to privacy, and all of the others that we have. We couldn’t do things every day, like going to school, celebrating our religion, or just taking a stroll down the street. We should value our freedoms and thank our veterans because they fought for OUR liberty. Americans have a choice of whether or not to join the U.S. military. Some choose not to because of money or fame, but others choose to because of loyalty to America. Some know that they will not make it but they go anyway. They fought hard knowing that they were defending their country. It is a terrible shame that so many people died and continue to die protecting us. The bravest men and women go to war when the president calls for people. These are the true heroes. I truly think that it does not nor should not matter

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