Are we honoring our veterans?

Are we honoring our veterans?

Tomorrow is set aside to honor all those who have served in the nation's armed forces. Always celebrated on Nov. 11, Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I, which took place at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918. A year later, Armistice Day was proclaimed. In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day.

So the question today is, "Are we honoring our veterans?" Certainly we did a poor job of this when the Vietnam War ended. On the surface it appears that no matter what one's views on the Iraq war are, our veterans are being respected. But are they really? As I read the reports about the health needs of our military personnel and their families, I am not alone in determining that we are not respecting our veterans. Our vets and their families are in need of medical attention and to allow this need to continue without adequately dealing with it is shameful.
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