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How To Remember Veterans Essay

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Picture sitting at home and cooking dinner, when all of a sudden you hear a knock on the door. Tap, tap, tap. You answer the door. A man stands there with a somber expression on his face. He tells you that your husband or wife has died in the war fighting for our country. This has happened many times. A lot of people die in the war for the American country, and their family is devastated by it. A man named Charles de Gaulle once said, “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first…” My hope for the future is for the next generation, my generation, to appreciate those who have sacrificed by remembering, honoring, and emulating our veterans.
As you walk through life, do you think of the freedom that you have? Many people don’t. Through the years, our country has survived all of the attacks on us because of the people that risk their lives for us. As we walk around we don’t realize how many soldiers are out there today. In between 2009 and 2012 the U.S. would lose as many as 30 to 60 troops in any given month. We need to remember the veterans that have died in war and after the war.
In hope that we remember our veterans, we also need to honor them. The families with dead family members honor the veterans because they know what the …show more content…

Do you know the consequences? When a person goes to war, it creates a ripple. People become afraid and even mad for that person’s safety. Some people are really happy for that person. The person becomes a soldier. They go into war and see people die. They come out of the war with the memories plastered in their mind. I honor these veterans because of all they do for us. I honor them for carrying that stress from the war with them. I honor them for fighting for us. I respect these veterans. Doc Hastings once said,” We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully

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