Thanks for veterans a year round sentiment

Veterans Day has passed but the gratitude for those who served has not expired.

The thanks we can and should offer our veterans has no shelf life. Those words of appreciation, the handshakes and the notes mean just as much today as they did on Monday.

The programs throughout the area on Veterans Day emphasized this sentiment. The people those services and ceremonies honored have sacrificed their safety, their family and friends and even their lives to serve our country.