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A Letter To Veterans

I will forever be grateful for your service.

Emily Bazzano
Nov 21, 2016
Birmingham, Alabama
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Thank you. I know that those are two simple words that will never be able to show the amount of gratitude I have for you. You are the real hero. What you have done for me and this country should come before anything else. Your dedication should be rewarded in much more ways than they are. You should be above any celebrity, and be idolized over any superhero.

Not many people see what you gave up as one single person to defend a nation. You gave up countless hours and days, sometimes even years, away from your friends and family to protect me, my family, and the whole country. You worked night and day to protect me; so I could sleep safely in my bed at night. Because of you, I am able to wake up in the greatest country on Earth and live freely as I please.

Many of my peers take the freedoms we have, that you fought countless hours to protect, for granted. One behalf of them, I would like to take a moment and apologize for their inconsiderate unappreciative actions. I am sorry that people in this country do not show you the gratitude and respect that you deserve. I am sorry that some of my peers choose to kneel on the ground during The National Anthem. I am sorry that they think it is a form of protest and their freedom of speech, when a reality it is nothing but a disgrace, and shows how truly ungrateful they are. I am sorry that you have to witness selfish and ungrateful idiots burning the flag that you protected with your life.

Not only is it my peers that owe you a huge apology, It is the country as a whole. Like I stated in the beginning, you should come before many other things that this country puts first. I am sorry on behalf of the country that you do not have the healthcare that you deserve, or the support in different aspects of life that you need when returning home. I am sorry that this country puts immigrants and refugees before their own veterans that fought so hard for them to work in the government they love so dearly.

Thank you for protecting the United States of America,

Thank for protecting me.

I will forever be grateful for your service.


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