I have never understood why Veteran's Day is celebrated the way that it is. There is no reason for schools to be closed down, after all none of the kids are Vets. And certainly it is ridiculous for government offices to be closed. Very few of them ever saw boot camp.
Even as a kid I saw the hypocrisy of this. Am I the only one that feels this way?
My son, Steve served in the military during the Desert Storm War. Like the thousands that went before and since, he has never had the day off in his honor for serving his country. Somehow that just doesn't seem right.
The people that deserve to have the day off with pay are the Veterans themselves. It should be a law. If you are a Veteran, regardless if you work in the private sector or not, you should have the day off with pay. I'd be happy to have my tax dollars support it. Those are the men and women that sacrificed for the rest of us, many with their very lives.
The Veterans are the men and women that deserve the day off in their honor for serving the best country in the world.
After pouring billions of dollars into rebuilding other countries, it's the very least WE could do for our own.
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