VETERANS

By Amber Ewing

We should appreciate our veterans because they risked their lives to fight for our country.  They all worked hard to come up with weapons and ideas to outsmart the enemy and make our country stronger.  Some of those veterans were picked by their birthday, involuntarily; most were picked at a young age and yet they were willing to fight for our country.  A lot of the men that fought in the war died fighting for our country, but they did a good job fighting since they won the war.

Therefore, we should show them great gratitude for their efforts to win the war.  We can also appreciate the probability that many veterans now reside in the House and Senate seats of our national government.  One president, Eisenhower, who served as president from 1953 to 1961, participated in World War II.  He died on March 28, 1969 at age 78.  He served his time and became a veteran. 

I feel that appreciating our veterans is very important.  Every year I go up to the Palouse cemetery and lay flowers on my Grandfather's grave.  I do this on every Veteran's Day.  A day out of the year to pay respect to our veterans is a great idea.