Veterans Day

Monday, November 11th, is Veterans Day. That is a day in the United States where we pay our respects to those who have served. This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country's service and was originally called Armistice Day. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to "Veterans Day" in order to account for all veterans in all wars. The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day is that on Veterans day we honor all service men and women, both living and dead. On Memorial Day, we honor those that gave their lives for our country. There is a short video called "5 things you don't know about Veterans Day", I think it is worth watching. Click here to view the video.

For the student's here at Vantage, we are honoring all Veterans by selling flags to create a "flag field" of 250 American flags. Flags will be on sale on the stage during both lunches until November 8th. The cost of each flag will be $0.50 cents each. When you buy a flag, please write a message on a large white signature board that will be on display with the flag field. On Monday, November 11th, the Flag Field and signature board will be moved outside on the front lawn for the public to see All proceeds will benefit the Rockford American Legion. Each year when we do this, a different group is selected. Please remember a grandparent, parent or friend by purchasing a flag for our flag field. As you can see by the picture, we have just started this a day ago and it is filling up fast.

I personally want to thank each and everyone of our staff members who have served. I don't care how you served, where you served or what your duty was. The idea that you gave up at least two years of your life to keep our country safe is worthy of my deepest respect. We have our freedom today because of brave men and women like you. That is something that we can never take for granted. You have battled for our freedom and our rights. The right for free speech, to practice our religion openly without fear of punishment, the right to vote and the right to live free among our brothers and sisters. You only have to look at other places in the world and you begin to respect and love what we have here in this great country.

One final link for all you veterans: This link will show you all the places that you can go to on Veterans Day to receive discounts and deals and even freebies. Click here to see your discounts. In closing, I just want to say "Thank you for your service".