Veterans Day through a Child's Eyes | ABC30 Fresno

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By ABC30

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Fresno, CA, USA Savannah is keeping a journal of sorts for her father. "He works night shift as a policeman and he sleeps on the daytime." The fourth grader shared a couple of things that touched her heart at Fresno's Veterans Day parade and plans to tell her dad about. She said, "The first thing we wrote about is the airplane how it flew over really loud. And the heartwarming song that sets gentle tears in the veterans' eyes."

Veterans like Homer Harris. He said, "It means everything. Freedom and family." The Vietnam vet remembers being drafted into the Army in 1965 and is comforted by the huge crowds at this year's parade. "I never miss it, I'm always here. Always take the grandkids."

Korean War veteran Don Martin says if there's one thing he'd like to pass on to the next generation it would be this... "Young people mainly need to understand that they cannot get a free ride in this world of ours today that they have to work at freedom."

It's a lesson that doesn't seem to be lost on Savannah Fitzgerald. She wanted to tell all service members, "Thank you and we're happy that you're home and safe."

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