Wednesday, November 11, 2009

A Salute To All Veterans on Veterans Day

A big, heartfelt Happy Veterans Day to all you military veterans out there.
Thank you for your service to the greatest country in the world, the United
States of America.

Because of all of you, the brave men and women who have fought and some who
have died for our freedom, I am able to live free from fear of being
arrested for criticizing our Government. That's real important because
there is very little I agree with that our Government is doing right now. I
am free, as a citizen who is blind, to go to work, be involved in my
community or go out and do business as I did today. In other countries,
people like me would either be hidden away or worse.

One cool thing I heard about today are the Honor Flights. These are put
together by groups of folks to honor the Greatest Generation, the Veterans
of World War II. We are losing 900 of these people each day. Through Honor
Flights, these people get to travel at no cost to Washington, DC to see the
World War II Memorial.. Without this program, many of these brave veterans
wouldn't be able to see their memorial.

You can learn about Honor Flights in the Chicago area by going to
http://www.honorflightchicago.org.

Again, Happy Veterans Day and Thank You for your service. God Bless
America.