Marie at 1 Write Way

Veterans Day 2024

Today we honor those who fought on behalf of our country.

Theodore Albers, Army

I honor my dear surrogate grandfather, Ted Albers (RIP), who was drafted into the Army at the age of 34, captured at the Battle of the Bulge, and held as a POW under the end of WWII …

Greg admiring some tall Horrible Thistles at our happy place, St Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

I honor my husband, a Vietnam-era Navy veteran who flew in P3s looking for Russian submarines …

To honor them, I’ve made a donation to The New York Bar Foundation’s fundraiser to assist veterans in need of legal services (https://nylawyerslovevets.swell.gives/).

Don’t just thank a veteran for his or her service. Hug them. Hold them close and tell them you love them.

Support them. Make sure that what they fought for is not denied to them. Last week’s election should have secured their rightfully deserved benefits. Now their benefits are at risk by people who know nothing of sacrificing for their country and who consider POWs and wounded soldiers losers.

Do what you have to do to honor those who risked their all for our freedoms.

Marie A Bailey

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21 responses to “Veterans Day 2024”

    • 💙 My neighbor Ted was a POW, captured at the Battle of the Bulge. On rare occasions (and closer to the end of his life) he shared his experience with me. He himself was of German ancestry and knew enough German to piss off the guards.

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  4. Thank you for honoring vets, Marie. I think about my dad and uncles who served in the Army. My dad served in the Army Corps of Engineers. They built a lot of bridges and canals during the Korean War!

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  5. I appreciate your concrete gesture to help and honor those who served. My son-in-law is a combat veteran who now works for the VA as a nurse.

    It drives me crazy every time I walk past a Veterans for T–p sign on a lawn in the area. Like he’s going to help you? UGHH!

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      • I am proud of him, and I’m also glad my daughter met him after he returned and went to college. 😉 I don’t understand how anyone can support him, but “there’s a sucker born every minute.” People don’t look beyond soundbites.

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