Thanking Veterans for Their Service?
Some folks do and some folks don't. Some vets appreciate the thanks and some don't. There's no single consensus on this. For a lot of veterans, like myself, pretty much nobody we encounter actually ever knows that we served in the military. While it's part of our life history, it's not a part that many veterans bother to mention in casual conversation. There are many reasons for that, but often it's just not relevant to our lives in the present. Military service was something we did at one point in our lives, often long ago.
In most cases, if you know that a person is a veteran or a person is wearing some sort of indication of that status today, you can expect your thanks to be appreciated. They're making it clear that they served in the military on Veterans Day. But you'll see a lot of other people you don't know today who are also veterans. You won't thank them, because you won't know about their service.
If you really want to thank veterans today for their service, write a thoughtful letter to your congressional representative and Senators and ask them to support veterans and their needs by fully funding services for veterans. That's a thank you that will produce some effects that can be felt by the many veterans who need assistance but who are unknown to you.
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