They didn’t
want strangers to know where they had been, so many Vietnam veterans stopped on
their way home from serving to buy new civilian clothing and either burn or
throw away their uniforms. Many, upon
their return home, were spat upon.
While they
served in a protracted war, the American people were waging their own war at
home against the U.S. government.
On Saturday,
March 31, 2012 thousands of veterans displayed evidence of their service
donning ball caps, t-shirts and leather vests at the Vietnam
Veterans Homecoming Celebration at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. On this day, strangers came up to them to
thank them for their service.
Forty years
later, those who attended the homecoming showed those who had once been so unfairly
hated that there would finally be peace for them.
Once, they
didn’t want anyone to know where they had been.
Now, they stand proudly among the rest of us. It’s about time.
I would ask
all of you when you see a Vietnam vet or any vet, tell them you appreciate
their sacrifice, their service and their courage. God bless our troops. May they never again have war waged against
them by their own countrymen.
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