Veterans Day celebrates veterans of all wars
Melissa Stack
Issue date: 11/9/09 Section: Features
Veterans are not just aged men from different VFW Posts that stand on street corners or in front of the local grocery stores collecting donations and handing out poppies. Veterans are everywhere -our parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, coworkers, and classmates.
Different ways in which people can celebrate Veterans Day include displaying the American flag at their home or attending local ceremonies or parades. People can also visit various battlefields, military parks and historic sites, which have been preserved by the National Park Service to honor the service of America's veterans.
In West Chester each year, the community is welcome to attend events which celebrate Veterans Day. This year, the annual Veterans Day Parade took place on Sunday, Nov. 8. The parade was led by the Chester County detachment of the Marine Corps League. On Veterans Day, the Chester County Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will reveal a monument to Chester County's disabled veterans. The ceremony will take place at the Historic Chester County Courthouse at 11 a.m. on Nov.11.
This year, don't let Nov. 11 become just another day, take a minute to remember what America's veterans have done for each of us and give them thanks whether it is by attending a parade, visiting a historic site or pausing for one minute to reflect.
Melissa Stack is a fourth-year student majoring in communications with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at MS626731@wcupa.edu.
Different ways in which people can celebrate Veterans Day include displaying the American flag at their home or attending local ceremonies or parades. People can also visit various battlefields, military parks and historic sites, which have been preserved by the National Park Service to honor the service of America's veterans.
In West Chester each year, the community is welcome to attend events which celebrate Veterans Day. This year, the annual Veterans Day Parade took place on Sunday, Nov. 8. The parade was led by the Chester County detachment of the Marine Corps League. On Veterans Day, the Chester County Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will reveal a monument to Chester County's disabled veterans. The ceremony will take place at the Historic Chester County Courthouse at 11 a.m. on Nov.11.
This year, don't let Nov. 11 become just another day, take a minute to remember what America's veterans have done for each of us and give them thanks whether it is by attending a parade, visiting a historic site or pausing for one minute to reflect.
Melissa Stack is a fourth-year student majoring in communications with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at MS626731@wcupa.edu.
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