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When should we honor our military Heroes? When should we honor our military heroes? We should always honor them for protecting our nation’s freedom, so I will tell three ways we honor those brave men and women. We honor them with memorials or monuments. We honor them with veteran benefits. We also honor them with holidays.

There are many memorials in Washington DC. One is the World War II memorial. It is oval shaped, with two 43-foot arches representing the two theatres in the war, the Atlantic and the Pacific, as well as a pool in the middle with fountains; 56 arches, which represent the states, territories and the District of Columbia at the time of the war, surround it. Another is the Vietnam Veterans memorial there are two the statue, and the wall. The statue depicts thee young servicemen; while the wall lists the names of 58,209 American’s killed or missing in the Vietnam conflict. A third is the Korean War memorial, which honors the Veterans of this struggle, with a group of 19 soldiers facing an US flag. A last monument is the Iwo Jima memorial, also known as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, is dedicated to all the men who gave their live at Iwo Jima. There are many more memorials in the US and DC combined then I have mentioned in this paragraph. I will describe six benefits briefly here; Housing and Home Loan Guarantees is one. Job Training is another. Small Businesses and business loans is yet a third. Counseling is another. Burials and Memorials is a fifth. Lastly, there are veteran retirement homes. We honor them with Holidays especially. We have three different holidays which we honor the dead military, the present military, and the retired military. We honor those killed or wounded in action on Memorial Day. We celebrate our current armed forces on Armed Forces Day. My home town has a parade on that day. We honor the living veterans on Veterans Day. My Boy Scout troop puts flags on the graves of the veterans. We also have a flag retirement ceremony at the local park.

So, we should always honor our military heroes. But we show we care in more than three ways. The first is through war memorials. Secondly, the military gives benefits to its' retires. Last but not least, we honor them on special days throughout the year.