The Medal Of Honor And Honor

The National Honor Society (NHS) is based off of four pillars: Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. In order to be an ideal member of NHS, one must demonstrate these qualities efficiently at all times. How do I exhibit these four pillars? I do so by practicing each one on a daily basis and by improving them every single minute. My willpower, consideration of others, and goal of being the best all exemplify my ability to perform the four pillars. Each one is dealt with differently in my life.

The Scout Executive of Southern Missouri presented me with a medal and a badge. The award recognized the accomplishments and requirements that an Eagle Scout fulfills. I accepted the award and took my seat. Once the applaud of my fellow scouts and friends died down, I thanked everybody for coming to recognize my accomplishment of becoming an Eagle Scout. I continued to express my gratitude to all the leaders and parents that made my time as a Boy Scout some of the best times I spent in the outdoors. I reflected over the many campouts I took when I was younger and did not yet possess the skills or the equipment that I have since gained. I concluded my speech by thanking the business that sponsored my final service project.

It is serving your country and standing up for what one believes is right. A veteran’s glory is not appreciated by the majority of the American people, because they do not understand all the heartache and pain that comes with the job. These heroes did not have to be asked to do what was right, or uphold their countries’ values. True, some were drafted to fight, but not one of these individuals would say it was not a life changing experience for them. The memory, whether happy or painful, will be permanently stuck with them for the rest of their lives.

National Honors Society is represented by four different pillars, these are leadership, character, service and scholarship. To be a candidate for NHS you must exemplify these pillars in some shape or form during your high school career. I believe I demonstrate these four pillars in these examples that I have listed below.

From Trajan’s Column, completed in 113 AD, to the statue of Christopher Columbus in Easton, Pennsylvania, monuments and memorials have been a significant element of celebration and honor throughout history (Source B). Though monuments are typically meant as a symbol of honor, recent controversy over statues dedicated to Confederate leaders and generals has sparked the debate over how to choose subjects to memorialize, and the actual development of these memorials. When considering what or who to honor, one must also consider the subjects impact on history, ensuring that it is positive. In creating memorials and monuments, groups and agencies should examine the historical significance of the events or persons they wish to memorialize, and the

On May 1, 1981 a jury declared Maya Ying Lin of Athens, Ohio as the winning memorial design. The memorial’s walls point to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. 58,267 names are inscribed in chronological order of the date of casualty. I believe this depicts the war as a series of human sacrifices and therefore they shall receive a special place in history. Each name is preceded on the west wall or on the east wall by one of two symbols: a diamond or a cross. The diamond denotes that the individual has been declared deceased. The 780 persons whose names are designated by a cross were either missing or prisoners at the end of the war and remains missing and unaccounted for. If a person returns alive, a circle, as a symbol of life, is inscribed over the cross. In the event an individual’s remains are returned or are otherwise accounted for, the diamond is superimposed over the cross. Knowing this, I remain hopeful that some soldiers will return home alive. Walking beside the wall and seeing the names inscribed allowed me to feel great pride in my country as these soldiers gave up their life fighting for the people of America. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will properly commemorate each soldier for the rest of

Southerners attempted to restore and preserve their pride and honor by preparing grand memorials for the dead Confederate war heroes, as depicted in

The Vietnam Veteran Memorial, a commemoration of the deceased 58,000 men and women who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. The memorial also has the names of the veterans in chronological order from 1959 to 1975. It is made from granite with a polished surface to reflect the visitors' face that will link visitors to the dead one together.

These memorials are in memory of the fallen soldiers and sometimes the soldiers that made it out alive.

National Honor Society is built upon four pillars; scholarship, service, leadership, and character. As a member of NHS I strive to demonstrate these pillars throughout my day to day life. Within my first two years of high school, I focused mainly upon myself, caring only about the grades I was receiving, and striving to better my own education. While I know prioritizing education is important, I know that it is also important to help those around me, whether that be through tutoring or simply reaching out and being a friend to those in need. It wasn’t until I was inducted into NHS at the end of my sophomore year when I realized this. After being introduced to these four pillars, I feel as though my perspective of high school dramatically changed.

The new medal for military service is called the medal of preserving innocence. In the book The Things They Carried, war is viewed as an event that steals youth and innocence away from many, but with the many that have their innocence stealing, they preserve the innocence of many back home. The qualities of the recipient include but are not limited to: stopping the truth of war actions from spreading back home, taking action to stop the enemy from invading territory, and performing heartless acts to see a fellow solider make it home alive. The medal includes many symbols. The heart is there to show that it takes a lot of love for someone to shield them from the truth of the war. The crest of the eagle is to show that bravery does not always

Throughout high school, being a member of National Honor Society has benefitted me in ways that have bettered me as a student and as a person. As a member of this organization, I have had many qualities instilled within myself that I will carry throughout my entire life. The four pillars of National Honor Society: Scholarship, Leadership, Character, and Service have been brought to me through this organization, and without them I would not be who I am today.

Why do we honor veterans in America? The veterans of America need to be honored due to them risking their lives for many others. They also have to give up their time with family and friends. They have to deal with the many deaths either from their side of the battlefield or the other. Now with them doing these thing we are able to live without fear in the world. Also veterans must know that their lives would never be the same ever again. That is due to the war doing things to their brains causing them to act differently than normal.

Men of Honor, based on a true story, is a film that took place after World War II in the United States, which at that time, African Americans were highly segregated from the whites. Carl Brashear a zealous diver, also often referred to as Cookie is the leading protagonist who faces multiple hardships due to the color of his skin as he pursues his career in the United States Navy. Nonetheless, he perceivers in the battle of discrimination as he becomes the first African American Master Diver and also first Amputee in United States Navy history who serves in active duty. Through the definition of race, Carl Brashear is socially categorized as colored based on his skin tone. Men of Honor is the perfect representation of the elements of race and

The four pillars of National Honor Society are all very important in both my high school career as well as my everyday life. My commitment to my education is how I have attained my current academic success and is also how I discovered my passion in life which is sciences. Whenever I start a new lesson I am never afraid to fail because Albert Einstein once said, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” This quote highly impacts my class participation as I am not afraid to be wrong anymore, but rather I am ready to make a mistake and learn from it.