The girls helped with the 4H support Veteran's Day celebration. They helped decored, handed out programs, and flags. They helped serve food and helped clean up afterwards. It was a very emotional day. The first celebration had 3 veterans talk about their life. There was an older man that had fought in WWII that reminded me of my Grandaddy. He spoke about living your life to fullest you never know what tomorrow will bring. The Leicester high scholars did "I am Army Strong". It is a play that showed the different eras of the army. Afterwards the whole community got together to eat and watch a video about the war today. We saw a picture of Nick in the video, he was one of Tori's teacher's son. They then hung photos of all of the Leicester veterans that died in the line of battle. There were 11 men that had lost their lives from WWI to now. That seems like a lot for such a small town. As the sun went down they did a 21 gun salute. The whole thing makes you think. It is not about if you support the war or not it is about supporting the men and women who are fighting for us. It is like one of the Veteran said...I was not a hero I was just doing my job. All of this reminds me of some of the best Veterans, both of my Grandfathers. I was lucky to go down to the Mighty Eight last summer to see how Grandaddy lived during WWII. I got to touch airplanes that he might have worked on and to see what really went on. I was very blessed to spend PaPa's last weekend alive with him at a reunion with his unit, at Tablee Island, almost 25 years ago. I don't remember all the stories from that weekend but I do remember PaPa's glory then. Have you thanked a Veterans lately????
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