Max, 8: ‘Respect vets’

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[Editor’s note — Elizabeth Gholston emailed the following: “My son wrote a very nice, short essay about veterans for a school project which I know a lot of veterans would probably really enjoy reading.”]

Veterans are heroes because they all served in some type of way and may have even lost their lives. They may have sacrificed in huge types of ways like traveling away from their family for weeks, months, or even years.

Veterans that retired aren’t the only ones who are heroes. I think soldiers or anyone serving in the military should be considered a veteran.

All veterans should be honored in some type of way even if they only served for a short time. Veterans shouldn’t only be honored on Veteran’s Day, they should be honored any time.

If some veterans never were around, we may have even still be ruled by England. I think veterans are very important heroes and I thank them for all they did.”

Max Gholston (age 8)

Peachtree City, Ga.