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While I was gathering my information for this speech, my brother passed by. Out of curiosity, I asked, “Do you know what a Veterans Day is?” His exact words were, “Yeah, we get off school that day.” That’s about the extent of his knowledge on Veterans Day, although he was in elementary school, his knowledge of Veterans Day was just unacceptable. This school that you are in right now, currently listening to my speech is Veterans Memorial Middle School, may I emphasize VETERANS Memorial Middle School. Many Americans these days, especially young students, do not realize the significance of Veterans Day and what it truly means. Veterans Day is not just a day off school; Veterans Day is one of America’s most unique Holidays. It is a day to honor the Veterans who fought in all American wars, reserving the Memorial Day for those who have fallen during the ruthless fight. …show more content…

The Arlington National Cemetery burial site of this unknown WWI soldier became the personification of dignity and reverence of American veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred in France and England, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor. These events took place on November 11th, the day when the armistice of hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Because of that reason, November, 11, 1918 is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” This day later became known as Armistice

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At the same token, I feel that more can always be done to accommodate veterans. On Wednesday, Nov. 11 state representative Jake Wheatley Jr. spoke at Point Park 's Veterans Day observance in Village Park. He told the audience, "Veterans shouldn 't have to struggle with housing or school. Don 't honor veterans just on this day, honor them 365 days. "

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Not just that there wouldn’t be the hunger of the veterans . Concluding , the veterans of the Great War were really upset that the army would disrespect. In the march there were nine out of ten veterans , and about twenty percent that were disabled. This shows that there were people out there that would risk going knowing that the veterans were never the same before the war , and that sick people would go knowing the risk.

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It is an important day and one that should be remembered and celebrated, but also a day that we should mourn and grieve for it is through our memory of this horrific war that we can move forward and make sure that no more wars on this scale of devastation and destruction ever occur

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I am extremely honored today to speak on behalf of the veterans of this nation and I would like to begin with a question. I’d like to ask what is one thing all veterans of this country have in common? Immediately several things pop into your mind. It may be that veterans have all known the hardships that are inherent in serving in the military…the long hours, the austere conditions, the continual duty of working every day in a combat zone, in dangerous conditions during a deployment, for months on end, for multiple tours. The separation from family and missing birthdays of your loved ones, absence during the holidays, long spells of not being in contact with your family.

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In 1865, Abraham Lincoln gave his 2nd Inaugural Address to the people of the United States. As the speech came to a close, he stated, “To care for him who shall have borne the battle” (Lincoln 2). In this quote, Lincoln was trying to tell the people of the United States, that they needed to help Veterans of war and their families. However, 153 years later, 40,000 United States Veterans are living on the streets or in homeless shelters.

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First, I thought that Memorial Day was a simple day off from school. A day where families visit lost loved ones, but otherwise the day was just a day in a three day weekend, because it really did not apply to my family. Sometime last year, however, I was listening to my school’s announcements and realized that I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for the people that laid down their lives for the United States of America. This brought forth many new possibilities of where my mind could take me. I pondered the importance of Memorial Day.

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Do you have a veteran in your family and live in Kentucky? If you do then you must be bamboozled when Veteran's Day rolls around and you don't get to spend the day with them and thank them for their services to this great nation and preserving our freedom. Less than 1% of Kentucky's schools are on a delay or canceled. You may ask "But this is Veteran's Day one of the most important days to our nation!?! Should schools really be on regular schedule?"

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Whether it is having a moment of silence, or just thanking a veteran, it is important that we do something. They sacrificed a lot for us, and we need to show our appreciation. Memorial day and Veterans day get confused, Memorial day is honoring veterans who have passed away, Veterans day is to honor ALL veterans. They risked or even lost their lives for us and for our country. We need to show them that what they did for us

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We celebrate Veterans Day every year on November 11th to honor the men and women who served and is still serving our wonderful country. We shouldn’t honor a veteran just once a year but everyday because they are protecting us everyday. When we say the pledge in the mornings we should be thinking about our veterans and what they did for us. Many veterans we get to still celebrate with and some were not so lucky and didn’t make it back home to their loved ones.

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Every year, since 1971, Memorial Day has been observed as a national holiday in the United States, in which we honor those who died while protecting our country. To me, Memorial Day is a time where we as a nation, are reminded that all of the freedoms and rights that we take for granted, came at the cost of men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting our country. When Memorial Day befalls its designated date, I am reminded that people fought and died for my freedom and rights. I am reminded that if people didn’t fight for me and for this country, it wouldn’t be the great and prosperous country that it is. Therefore, I take pride in the fact that someone went to war and died to protect my freedoms.

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“What does Memorial Day means to you?” A question probably not asked nearly as often as it should be. Memorial day is a time that is supposed to remind us of all the rights, liberties, and opportunities that are given to us due to our brave soldiers. They endure the most extreme hardships simply to defend us and our rights. Unfortunately, many of today’s youth only knows Memorial Day as a free day off of school and the day that the pool memberships start.

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Ninety-eight years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice was declared between Germany and the Allied Nations in World War I. One year later, it was celebrated as Armistice Day to honor the cause of world peace. After World War II and the Korean War, it was renamed Veterans Day, dedicated to American veterans from any war. The transition from Armistice Day to Veterans Day seems appropriate, for we would not have peace if we did not have veterans. But the implication that veterans are mere preservers of order is a vast misrepresentation; they do much more for our nation.

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They argue that the government should not be spending significant amounts of money to veterans or people that just came out of war. While they acknowledge that some veterans are so psychologically damaged by their experiences in battle that they cannot function properly in society and require disability payments, other veterans, they say, may become unnecessarily dependent on veterans' services. Although, all these are valid arguments that they can make, in the long run by helping veterans out it will greatly impact not only veterans individually but the society in a positive

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In 2013 the number of student veterans doubled, and has since been growing at a rate of 20% per year. The flood of veterans seeking higher education has left many schools playing catch up in order to understand their growing demographic. In 2009, Penn State published a video on their website entitled “The Worrisome Veteran”. The short video was meant as a training guide to show teachers how to manage student veterans. The video depicts student veterans as intimidating, dangerous, entitled and unintelligent.

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I just want to thank our veterans for everything that they have done. In this essay I am going to write about what I am grateful for, how hard it is to be away from your family, the sacrifices that I think they have made, what they are doing for our country, and some facts. I think this will be a good topic for me because my great grandpa fought in World War 2. I will never forget him. So I hope you like it

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