Remember veterans on Veterans' Day and every day
November 08, 2009 01:00 AM | 438 views | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend | print
DEAR EDITOR:

I am proud to be a retired Navy chief petty officer who is preparing for Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

I'll be starting with the Veterans Day Parade in Marietta in the morning and finishing in the afternoon at Patriot's Point in Acworth.

Remembering our veterans should not be just one day a year. With wars on two different fronts our American freedom fighter serve 24 hours a day, 365 days a year protecting our rights.

I hope and pray that everyone in our are will remember what Veterans Day is all about.

Call your local VFW post and find a ceremony that you can attend; pray daily for our troops here and abroad; pray for their families; send a care package or donate to programs that support our troops and veterans, such as VFW Operation Uplink, www.operationuplink.org.

Take the time every day to remember the veterans who have fought for our freedom.

Ron Papaleoni
Acworth
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ivelosttoo
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September 03, 2010
Well give all the veterans there do by hiring elected officials carefully and be cautioned on how cobb county treats there veterans.I am one who was treated like an outsider when returning from my last deployment. Pay attention and help all veterans when possible they make true sacrifices like lost time on the job lost time with there familys while serving you and our country. If you never served do not blame or take animosity on those that have (COBB FIRE)
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mk-stand for America
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November 08, 2009
We should salute our war heros , pay them respect on Veterns day & continue to thank the men & women that now serve to protect our country, here & abroad!

But we must demand elected officials to also do what THEY were elected to do & we need to expose & VOTE OUT the ones that are willing to turn our country into 3rd world status!

The direction this country is headed IS NOT what our veterns fought & died for!
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