VETERANS DAY 11/11/2021: HONORING OUR BRAVE MEN & WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY . . .

            THIS MESSAGE IS PRIMARILY FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN VETERANS OF THE U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES AND ALL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS WE SO ENJOY IN THIS GREAT NATION . . . PLEASE KNOW THAT WE CITIZENS OF AMERICA, AND THOSE WHO RESIDE HERE, ARE FOREVER HONORED AND PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE UNMATCHED, SELFLESS SERVICE IN WHICH YOU HAVE ENGAGED, KNOWING THAT YOUR LIVES WERE ALWAYS AT RISK IN MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

FAR TOO OFTEN, REGULAR CITIZENS TEND TO FORGET JUST WHY THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE COUNTLESS FREEDOMS THEY POSSESS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND AS A RESULT, THE DESERVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPRECIATION FOR YOU GOES UNNOTICED.  BUT MOST, HOWEVER, DO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE NOT FACED WITH THE LIMITED FREEDOMS FOUND IN SO MANY OTHER NATIONS--THEY SIMPLY BECOME SO SPOILED AND TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED . . . AND IN FURTHER REFLECTION, PERHAPS THAT IN ITSELF IS A COMPLIMENT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, FOR YOU ENABLE FOLKS NOT TO FEEL CONSTANTLY THREATENED.

MY FATHER WAS A CAREER PATRIOT AND DURING HIS LONG SPAN IN SERVING OUR COUNTRY WHILE FIGHTING AGAINST OPPRESSIVE REGIMES, FROM WWII AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT TO THE VIETNAM WAR, HE HAD SEEN BOTH GOOD AND EVIL TO THE EXTENT THAT FAR EXCEEDS WHAT MOST WOULD EVER FACE IN A LIFETIME, BUT HIS LOVE OF COUNTRY AND DEVOTION TOWARD PRESERVING FREEDOM NEVER, EVER FALTERED.

WISHING ALL OF OUR VETERANS PEACE IN THEIR SOULS AND THE UTMOST OF RESPECT YOU SO DESERVE.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR COLLECTIVE HEARTS.

- ME RAINE -

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Taken on: May 25, 2020

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