Who were our veterans and what did
they do for all of us.
Our veterans were men and women just like you and me.
Most of them are grandfathers and grandmothers now, but because of their
works we are able to enjoy the freedom and wealth that we see now.
While in the Navy, I've been to other country's and had a chance to see
how they live. It's incredible because even our own welfare people
are tremendously rich as compared to the average person in most of these
countries. It's because of the great sacrifices that our soldiers
have foregone, that we are able to enjoy this great wealth that we Americans
do. They fought for the right to go to school, the right to
have the freedom of movement and the right to enjoy the freedom of speech
and freedom of religion.
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that the good that they fought and died for still remains good? Are
we people that are keeping our chance for a good education alive by going
to school and doing our best? Are we people that are keeping
the freedom of movement as a right by obeying the traffic and interstate
transportation of product laws? Are we keeping our freedom of speech
alive by using it for good things or are we driving violent and perverted
thoughts into our children's brains? Are we keeping the freedom of
religion alive by going to church?
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I didn't say anything one way or another here, but, I
did ask some questions. What's going through your mind right now?
What was going through our Veterans minds back in those dread awful wars
and how would they feel about the way we are taking care of our country
now? If we don't take care of our country, the ideas of these
great veterans and the original context of our constitution, we're in big
trouble because we have lost! I do know that we have a lot of very
good people in this country and I want to do everything I can to keep myself
headed in that direction. This is what all Americans need to do also.
Nobody's perfect but we can strive to do the best we can to keep ourselves
out of crime, violence and perversion. We must always think about
the things that we do and always ask ourselves what good is this going
to do for our country and all mankind. How is this going to make
us a better person? What is this going to do for our community?

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and their deeds.
This article was written by C. Jeff Dyrek, 10 Nov. 1999
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