Veteran's Day Parade

 Our grandson is spending

the weekend with us.

 

We took him to our local fire hall

for a pancake breakfast yesterday.

 The proceeds help to purchase 

equipment for the fire station.

Then we were off to the next small

town to join friends along the 

Veteran's Day parade route.

Over the years that we've 

attended these parades

and Memorial Day services

we've become familiar with 

quite a few faces of our

elderly military retirees.

 The members of the Greatest Generation

are steadfast in their loyalty and patriotism

for our country.

What's sad though is the 

realization that we're no longer 

waving to many of them. 

I hope that sense of duty,

honor, 

and patriotism 

gets passed down

to our future generations.