{"id":2714,"date":"2019-11-07T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2019-11-07T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:21:25","slug":"veterans-valuable-people-valuable-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2714","title":{"rendered":"Veterans &#8211; Valuable People, Valuable Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2715\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2715 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Veterans-Day-Pic-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured is my Son, David Corbett, during his deployment in Iraq serving with the Army National Guard 45th Infantry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are veterans in our midst every day.\u00a0 If you are one, a big THANK YOU for your service to our great country! \u00a0You have proven that America is the land that you love.\u00a0 \u00a0We can\u2019t take for granted our freedom that has been so well defended by you throughout our history.<\/p>\n<p>This Veterans Day, think of someone you know who has served and sit down with them to hear their story.\u00a0 Your interest will show great respect and honor to the veteran, plus you\u2019ll enjoy what they have to say.\u00a0 Ask them where they served and what happened there.\u00a0 Ask them if a certain song takes them back to that time.\u00a0 Ask them if they had a family during the time they served.\u00a0 Find out if they stay in contact with any of their military buddies.\u00a0 If possible, ask to see pictures they might have taken.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate veterans on the day set aside for them, but remember them all year long.\u00a0 Pray for the safety of men and women currently serving.\u00a0 When you see a soldier in uniform, express your thanks to them.\u00a0 Keep in mind that freedom in this country is enjoyed because brave veterans have fought and even died for it on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a website, The Veterans Project, where individuals have interviewed veterans from all branches and all wars which are archived in the Library of Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/vets\/\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/vets\/<\/a>.\u00a0 This website will also guide you if you want to participate and enter your interview with a veteran.\u00a0 These stories are valuable pieces of our history as Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are veterans in our midst every day.\u00a0 If you are one, a big THANK YOU for your service to our great country! \u00a0You have proven that America is the land that you love.\u00a0 \u00a0We can\u2019t take for granted our freedom that has been so well defended by you throughout our history. This Veterans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}