Honor and respect for military
This spring and summer, we have had three days honoring our great country: Armed Forces Day; Memorial Day; and Flag Day. A fourth, Independence Day, is Saturday.
In past generations, these were important days for celebration and paying respect and honor to our country and its armed forces. People today, however, seem less interested in celebrating these days and the reasons they exist.
The armed forces do deserve respect and honor. These men and women have given up so much in lives, limbs and family life. The sad part is that these veterans have sacrificed so much in order that later generations could live just to forget.
There now appears to be a tendency to offer little respect for the United States and the “Stars and Stripes” and what they stand for in our lives. Let us hope that it does not take another big war just to make people remember.
Boyd C. Roach Jr.
McMurray