Veterans Day 2025

 Veterans Day 2025 ~ Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025

'Tis the vision of freedom and valor within souls we hail

Homage, gratitude to OUR VETERANS ever, ever, to prevail

The gifts of LIFE with vision blessed and bold

This the giving within each Veteran's story told

Battlefields call to freedom's quest with divinity and a vision clear

And so blood and life sacrificed for liberation held dear

PRAISE to OUR VETERANS for all they defend

Sacrifices beyond what we may comprehend

In reverent celebration of OUR VETERANS, their sacrifices made

To defend our freedoms and liberties our founding fathers laid

The vision. the soulful quest, the perseverance, the heartfelt need

PEACE, FREEDOM, LIBERTY, beheld as America's living creed

And so to each Veteran, we in tribute give honor, and hail

For the held visions of FREEDOMS and RIGHTS to prevail.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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