This is probably a little personal for here

But here in the US it’s supposed to be what today is for. And some heroes are more personal than others.



This banner hangs in my hometown as part of the Hometown Heroes remembrance campaign.



I was very small when my uncle was killed, but that fact, and the lumbering of time, have not dulled his presence in my life, or my respect and gratitude to him and too many like him. He and my family, who have kept him ‘with us’ throughout all these years, are why I know what honor is, and what gives me a...