The All State

November 16th, 2008

VFW ftw

VFW FTW

            Veterans’ day is not typically one that college students are notorious for celebrating. This is not to say students have no respect for our armed men and women, it says more that students do not really know how to celebrate them. Our grandparents have the VFW, our parents have picnics and we have holiday sales at Khols.  

            Has our generation run out ways to celebrate Veterans’ day? Although sleeping in and homework seem to have been popular ideas and ways for many students to spend this Tuesday; a few students and teachers gave their input on this special occasion.

             Jessica Morgan, a freshman English major, has been selling plastic poppies for the last eight years. These serve as a memorandum for our vets for people to wear as a broach, ring or just to keep to remember loved ones. Michelle Dunton, a sophomore education major, travels to Ft. Campbell to listen to Taps with her father, a Vietnam vet. “Then me, my father and my daughter put flags on other veteran’s graves” all to come home to a giant dinner for her father.  

            Colonel Samuel Ligo has been an active duty officer since 1987 with two tours in Iraq to add to his resume′. “In the past, I have attended parades in order to show appreciation to those vets who march/ride. And that is still pretty much how I observe Veterans’ Day,” Ligo said. “And, if it is a nice day, my family and I tend to do an outdoor activity such as a hike or a picnic after the parade.”

            Whether it may be poppies, parades or picnics, there are several ways to go out and show appreciation for men and women who serve our country. When classes were cancelled this Tuesday, I hope everyone thought of those military servicemen and women. If you have family in the military, it’s never too late to thank them. If you have friends in the military, thank them too. Tuesday was their day to be celebrated for all the hard work they have done.

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