Veterans Day.
November 11th, 2011.
11-11-11. Some say that's significant, even auspicious.
I say they're right, but not because of a triplet of elevens. I say this day is significant because of what it represents.
A day of recognition. A day of honor. A day made honorable by the men and women for which it is named.
Veterans Day.
Born as Armistice Day in 1911, President Woodrow Wilson said it well.
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."
A day when we recognize that the life we enjoy today was not free, but bought and paid for at a very high price, the very lives of our countrymen before us.
Veterans, each and every one.
Like me.
And you.
Veterans Day.
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