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One Leg Up Award For Veterans Day 2025 Goes To All 42 Million Veterans Since 1775 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: That is footed from all Day NYC and its representative
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  Speaker 1: of what happened here in New York City today on
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  Speaker 1: Veterans Day twenty twenty five. You know, I mentioned last
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  Speaker 1: year that people forget the veterans really began to fight
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  Speaker 1: in seventeen seventy five. This is a two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty anniversary of the beginning of our US military. And
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  Speaker 1: so when I saw the Department of Veteran Affairs here
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  Speaker 1: on the one like at alex Network, when I saw
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  Speaker 1: the Department of Veteran Affairs acknowledge that maybe they always
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  Speaker 1: have and I didn't realize that, I felt really excited
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  Speaker 1: to say, yes, we can officially count the revolutionary war heroes,
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  Speaker 1: fighters that fought to keep our to make our country free,
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  Speaker 1: as part of the over forty two million Americans according
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  Speaker 1: to Davidson University, that have served in the US Armed
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  Speaker 1: Forces from the American Revolution to the wars in Afghanistan
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  Speaker 1: and Iraq. There are roughly sixteen million living veterans, and
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  Speaker 1: their stories are a national treasure, from unimaginable horror to
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  Speaker 1: exhilarating rescues to forging lifelong connections. In the next couple
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  Speaker 1: of days, I will bring on veterans from every era
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  Speaker 1: that I've been fortunate to have on this podcast. But
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  Speaker 1: this is interesting because if you want to know how
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  Speaker 1: much blood has been shed, how many lives and I
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  Speaker 1: know this is memorial, they also, but if you want
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  Speaker 1: to know how much blood has been shed, how many
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  Speaker 1: lives have been taken in the battlefield to keep America free?
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  Speaker 1: To make America free, well, the Department of VA, the
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  Speaker 1: US Department Veteran Veris has all the stats for you
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  Speaker 1: that you need. In the American Revolutionary War, for instance,
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  Speaker 1: forty four one hundred thirty five US service members died
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  Speaker 1: fighting to make this country free. Sixty one hundred were
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  Speaker 1: non mortal woundings, and there were two hundred and seventeen
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  Speaker 1: thousand US service members that fought. Starting two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty years ago, and before he was Commander of Chief,
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  Speaker 1: commander in chief of the America that we know as
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  Speaker 1: the first President the United States, George Washington was of
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  Speaker 1: course the found the Connindental Army commander in chief. So
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  Speaker 1: what happened two hundred fifty years ago, with the bloodshed,
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  Speaker 1: with the forming of the Continental Army, with the fighting,
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  Speaker 1: with the Paul Revere moment, should definitely be exulted this
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  Speaker 1: Veteran's Day, two hundred fifty years after the very service
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  Speaker 1: members we have today continue that tradition of fighting to
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  Speaker 1: keep America free. Right now, there are as of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty three, fifteen point eight million living veterans in the
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  Speaker 1: United States, representing about six point one percent of the
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  Speaker 1: civilian population age eighteen and over. I always believe that
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  Speaker 1: what started two hundred and fifty years ago carried on
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  Speaker 1: generation to generation. Why did those who fought for World
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  Speaker 1: War One? Going to World War One? You could say
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  Speaker 1: you have the draft, but you know when they fought
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  Speaker 1: their ass off to keep America free because they were
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  Speaker 1: inspired by the veterans of the American Revolutionary War to
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  Speaker 1: start it. Who started the fight to keep America free
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  Speaker 1: and make America free. You know why generations after that
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  Speaker 1: wanted to sign up and now are enlisting continually to
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  Speaker 1: be fighting to keep America free because they were inspired.
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  Speaker 1: And I believe that original inspiration is because of what
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  Speaker 1: it started tw hundred fifty years ago. So this Veterans Day,
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  Speaker 1: we owe it to those men and women that started
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  Speaker 1: the Continental Army two hundred fifty years ago. And yes,
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  Speaker 1: it was a two hundred anniversary of the Marine Corps.
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  Speaker 1: We owe it to that beginning. Since we're about to
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  Speaker 1: hit two undred fifty years in America, we owe it
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  Speaker 1: to the beginning of the military. And the inspiration is
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  Speaker 1: set forth for the millions of veterans that have sacrificed
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  Speaker 1: their lives, that continue to serve over our seas, that
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  Speaker 1: missed their fail families, that miss Christmas, that miss Thanksgiving,
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  Speaker 1: to keep our country free. We owe its to the
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  Speaker 1: forming of the Continental Army for that reason. And so
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  Speaker 1: while I will give up the give the one Leg
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  Speaker 1: Up Award of the day to all veterans that have served,
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  Speaker 1: that have kept our country free, that continue to serve today,
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  Speaker 1: that one line Up award certainly belongs to the beginnings
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  Speaker 1: of our military and those that said, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to break free from British Britain. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to revolt, We're going to fight for our country to
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  Speaker 1: be free. Do you know that the American Revolution actually
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  Speaker 1: was a war that's continued for eight years. Eight years
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  Speaker 1: seventeen seventy six was the day they declared independence, but
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  Speaker 1: that war continued. That war continued. So we declare our independence,
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  Speaker 1: but that war was not won yet. It took till
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  Speaker 1: seventeen eighty three. And you know, the last veteran that
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  Speaker 1: died fighting for our freedoms and to make us free
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  Speaker 1: was Daniel F. Bateman, who died on April fifth, eighteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty nine. The last widow actually died in the last
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  Speaker 1: century in nineteen oh six, Catherine S. Damon, and the
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  Speaker 1: last dependent nineteen eleven. But thank God for the veteran
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  Speaker 1: of Foreign Affairs for keeping all these stats to show
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  Speaker 1: us just how much dedication it took from the militia,
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  Speaker 1: from the forming of the army, from the battles of
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  Speaker 1: everywhere Lexington, Concord, even New Jersey. We've talked to mister
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  Speaker 1: Semple about that there were battles going on everywhere to
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  Speaker 1: keep our country free and to break free from Great
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  Speaker 1: Britain to begin with. But where were you at today
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  Speaker 1: would not have happened if the Kunninal Army and George
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  Speaker 1: Washington were not players in the forming of our country.
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  Speaker 1: And so I'm going to give the one Like Up
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  Speaker 1: Award today to all veterans, of course, but I especially
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  Speaker 1: want to highlight two hundred and fifty years that has
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  Speaker 1: inspired two hundred fifty years later, fifteen point eight million
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  Speaker 1: veterans that are living and continue to keep us safe. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, these veterans have also probably retired from service,
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  Speaker 1: so we're talking about who's actively serving in the military.
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  Speaker 1: There's one point three million active duty troops right now,
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  Speaker 1: according the pre Pew Research Center, and seven hundred and
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  Speaker 1: sixty six thousand personnel in the reserve. So the one
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  Speaker 1: point three million that continue to fight, thank you the
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  Speaker 1: eighteen million that are alive today. Thank them for their service,
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  Speaker 1: for doing what they did to keep our country safe
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  Speaker 1: as best as they could. You know, I got sick
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  Speaker 1: of people almost defending Russia, Russian soldiers for not knowing
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  Speaker 1: what they got into. But when an American soldier got
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  Speaker 1: into war, Oh, how dare they do that? Why would
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  Speaker 1: they do that? Are you kidding me? Thank a veteran today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank the troops today. Honor their allegiance to America, to
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  Speaker 1: fight for America, not question their every move. And here's
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  Speaker 1: the other big thing that and they have stats. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna post this up here from the War of eighteen twelve,
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  Speaker 1: the Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Civil War, in
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  Speaker 1: which there were twenty two hundred twenty two million, two
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  Speaker 1: undred and thirteen thousand fighters on the Union side, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, and on the Confederate side one million, fifty thousand.
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  Speaker 1: The Union lost one hundred and forty thousand plus lives
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  Speaker 1: and actually two undred forty four thousand plus lives in
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  Speaker 1: that fight in the Civil War to keep us together,
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  Speaker 1: to keep us a union. World War one, four million,
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  Speaker 1: und thirty four thousand, nine hundred and ninety one veterans
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  Speaker 1: service members fought in that war. Four millions, thirty four
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  Speaker 1: thousand In World War Two, the Greatest Generation sixteen million,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twelve US one thousand US service members.
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  Speaker 1: And I keep saying this to you a memorial that
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  Speaker 1: you might enjoy the beach that weekend, but remember who
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  Speaker 1: stormed the beaches of Normandy. Remember who storm the beaches
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  Speaker 1: of Normandy? Those service members like Yogi Barrow. I think
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  Speaker 1: of all the baseball players I sacrifice, is their baseball
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  Speaker 1: time to keep America free and fight for America. That's
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  Speaker 1: alone is worth a conversation, is it this? Veterans a week?
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  Speaker 1: And maybe we'll have it with Liutaurminello Vietnam eight million,
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  Speaker 1: forty four thousand US service members. It's quite amazing. The
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  Speaker 1: Global War on Terror from twenty twenty twenty one that
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  Speaker 1: saw two point one million post nine to eleven veterans.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, and they're gonna have a parade next year.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of parades, we're very thankful the mayor Ada is
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  Speaker 1: actually having that parade on July sixth, twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: two days after two entre the anniversary of America. But
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  Speaker 1: but I will say this may Re elect Mom Donnie,
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  Speaker 1: you better not touch these parades. You better not touch
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  Speaker 1: this parade for veterans because it is a one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and six year tradition that must be allowed to continue.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care what your socialist views are that somehow
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  Speaker 1: drive your brain, but whatever you do, you cannot cancel
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  Speaker 1: the veterans a parade. You must keep it going. We
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  Speaker 1: must keep honoring all these veterans. And there's an interesting
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  Speaker 1: number here because World War Two veterans. And I say
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  Speaker 1: thank Eve, I also mean thank those veterans. The VA
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  Speaker 1: has data that shows the estimates of how many will
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  Speaker 1: be living from the World War two era. By September
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  Speaker 1: twenty thirty nine, only fifty five our estimated to live
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  Speaker 1: from that World War Two greatest generation only fifty five.
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  Speaker 1: So if you see a World War two veteran today
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  Speaker 1: or any day, thank them. Thank them for doing the
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  Speaker 1: country a service so that we would not be speaking
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  Speaker 1: German right now, so that we can be free right now,
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  Speaker 1: so we can haggle over why a shutdown had to
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  Speaker 1: go on for forty for thirty eight thirty nine days,
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  Speaker 1: forty days, we can debate all this because we have
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  Speaker 1: military members that fought to keep our country free. You
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  Speaker 1: can burn your fricking you can take your arsenic way,
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  Speaker 1: arsonists ways of burning an American flag because American, because
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  Speaker 1: there were those that fought to keep ours free. The
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  Speaker 1: very things you protest and grotesquely protest, you can do
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  Speaker 1: it because you have veterans that kept us free, that
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  Speaker 1: preserved the First Amendment through that fighting of freedom. So
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  Speaker 1: when you think of burning an American flag again, think
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  Speaker 1: of the sacrifice, damn it so that your little anti
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  Speaker 1: American heart can protest America. Think of the lives lost
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  Speaker 1: to defend your right to be so hateful. But at
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  Speaker 1: the side of it, on the other side of it,
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  Speaker 1: think of the beautiful, beautiful country that has been continued
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  Speaker 1: because it's undifty years of service given to our country,
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  Speaker 1: given back to our country by those in uniform, and
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  Speaker 1: they deserve the One Leg Up Award for Veterans Day
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five