Albion in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
1. Veterans Memorial
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Veterans Memorial. .
"A Veteran Is". America's war veterans come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and ages. Their collective experience spans two world wars and several foreign conflicts. They have followed war mules through Flanders Field, dropped from landing barges onto the beaches of Normany, faced the icy cold of Porkchop Hill and trudged the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta., But, regardless of differences in makeup and experience, all veterans share a common bond , a brotherhood of memory and hard-won wisdom that helps define their character., A veteran is the first man up as the flag passes on the 4th of July, and the last man down, for he has been a witness to the blood and tears that make this and all other paradises possible., A veterans is a man of peace, soft spoken, slow to anger, quick to realize that those who talk most about the glory of war are those who know the least about its horror. he never jokes about war, he's been there, and still sees in memory's vivid screen the wounded and the dying, the widows and orphans, he knows first-hand that no war is good and that the only thing worse than war is slavery., He is friend to all races of man, begrudging none he carried with him the knowledge that it is not the man who is the enemy but enslavement and false ideologies. Those whom he once faced across the hostile battle lines, he now esteems as his brothers., More than anything else, a veteran loves freedom. He can spend a whole afternoon doing nothing , just because it suits him, and just because he has paid the price to do what he wants with his time. He also takes personal pride in the freedom of others, in men and women attending the church of their choice, in friends voting how they choose, and in children sleeping quietly, without fear to interrupt their slumber., A veteran is every man grown up a little taller , a wperson who understands the awesome price of life's intangibles of freedom, justice and democracy. His motto is to live and let live. But, if he had to, if he had to choose between servitude and conflict the veteran would once again answer a call to duty., Because above all , above all else , a veteran is an American.
"A Veteran Is"
America's war veterans come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and ages. Their collective experience spans two world wars and several foreign conflicts. They have followed war mules through Flanders Field, dropped from landing barges onto the beaches of Normany, faced the icy cold of Porkchop Hill and trudged the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta.
But, regardless of differences in makeup and experience, all veterans share a common bond — a brotherhood of memory and hard-won wisdom that helps define their character.
A veteran is the first man up as the flag passes on the 4th of July, and the last man down, for he has been a witness to the blood and tears that make this and all other paradises possible.
A veterans is a man of peace, soft spoken, slow to anger, quick to realize that those who talk most about the glory of war are those who know the least about its horror. he never jokes about war, he's been there, and still sees in memory's vivid screen the wounded and the dying, the widows and orphans, he knows first-hand that no war is good and that the only thing worse than war is slavery.
He is friend to all races of man, begrudging none he carried with him the knowledge that it is not the man who is the enemy but enslavement and false ideologies.
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Those whom he once faced across the hostile battle lines, he now esteems as his brothers.
More than anything else, a veteran loves freedom. He can spend a whole afternoon doing nothing — just because it suits him, and just because he has paid the price to do what he wants with his time. He also takes personal pride in the freedom of others—in men and women attending the church of their choice, in friends voting how they choose, and in children sleeping quietly, without fear to interrupt their slumber.
A veteran is every man grown up a little taller — a wperson who understands the awesome price of life's intangibles of freedom, justice and democracy. His motto is to live and let live. But, if he had to, if he had to choose between servitude and conflict the veteran would once again answer a call to duty.
Because above all — above all else — a veteran is an American.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 41° 53.454′ N, 80° 21.26′ W. Marker is in Albion, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. Memorial is on East State Street (U.S. 6N) east of Thornton Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 289 East State Street, Albion PA 16401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
3. Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
4. Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
5. Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2019
6. Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 173 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 17, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
