11/10/2024
VETERANS DAY SPEECH NOVEMEMBER 11, 2024
VETERANS DAY IS A DAY WHEN ALL AMERICANS CAN DEMONSTRATE, BY BOTH WORD AND DEED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HONOR THE COURGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST, AND WHO ARE SERVING TODAY, IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL VISIT MOUNUMENTS MADE OF BRICK AND MORTOR, AND GLASS AND METAL, CREATED AND CONSTRUCTED BY OTHERS WHO WANTED TO MAKE SURE FUTURE GENRATIONS OF AMERICANS WOULD NOT FORGET THOSE WHO SERVED AND ARE SERVING OUR NATION IN THE US ARMED FORCES.
EVERY SINGLE DAY, TODAY’S VETERANS ARE LIVING MONUMENTS, NOT OF MOTOR AND BRICK, OR GLASS AND METAL, BUT OF FLESH AND BLOOD, WHO CONVEY BY BOTH WORD AND DEED, A STORY OF DUTY, HONOR, AND COUNTRY TO TODAY’S GENERATION OF AMERICANS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TODAY’S VETERANS ARE THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED HEIR LIVES AND CAN NO LONGER SPEAK ABOUT THE PRICE THEY PAID TO KEEP THIS GENERATION AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS FREE.
YES, TODAY’S VETERANS ARE LIVING MONUMENTS WHO HAVE STORIES TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR TIME AND THE TIMES THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS SERVED IN THE UNITED ARMED FORCES, BOTH DURING WAR AND PEACE.
IN OUR TIME, LET US SHARE OUR STORIES WITH THIS NEXT GENERTION OF AMERICANS SO THAT THEY IN THEIR TIME WILL SHARE THOSE STORIES OF COURAGE, HEROISM, AND SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDEN AND ENSURE THAT THE STORIES THEY HEAR FROM TODAYS LIVING MONUMENTS, OUR AMERICAN VETERANS, WILL NEVER DIE.
AND MAY I ADD THAT WE REMEMBER THE SACRFICES OF OUR ALLIES, ESPECIALLY THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBOR, CANADA, WHO ARE CELEBRATING THEIR REMEMBERANCE DAY OF THOSE WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, SIDE BY SIDE WITH AMERICANS FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AROUND THE WORLD.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 5:13
GOD BLESS ALL OF THEM.
LCDR Steven Rogers, U.S. Navy (Ret)