Just getting started...

I have had a lot of fun doing a blog of my own for the past two years, but now that I am heavily involved with the Shelby County (Ohio) Vets to D.C. Committee, I thought it would be fun to do a blog on that too.

One of our country's greatest assets, the World War II Veteran, is almost extinct, and when that happens, it will be a real tragedy. Gone will be that stable group of patriots who kept us from losing our freedom to Hitler's insanity. And up until this last decade, these men and women were pretty well ignored and pushed to the background. These were our grand parents, the ones who raised some of us, taught us a lot of our values, either directly or through their children. For the most part, these heroes were content to sit back in the shadows and just get on with their life, hardly ever wanting to step out into the limelight or talk about their experiences. They certainly didn't want to be recognized as heroes; they were content with knowing they did their job.

Well, the mission of the Shelby County (Ohio) Veterans to D.C. is to get these heroes to their nation's capitol to see their monument before they die, to shine some of that limelight on them, and to let them know that people really do care and appreciate what they did for us.

In the future, this blog will feature some/all of the veterans who go on these trips with us. We will publish pictures of them in DC, enroute, and at the dinners. We will publish short articles about them (those who will share with us), and try to highlight activities that might pertain to upcoming trips.

For the present time, and as long as the economy and generosity of the people of Shelby County and surrounding areas allow, we will continue to plan for two trips per year, one in the spring (May) and another in the fall (September). These times work out well with the hotels there, the bus line we use and the tourist crush. We would like to think the weather would be better then, but it rained on our last trip this past September. Everyone had a super time though.

Look for our committee members and volunteers out at commercial establishments in the upcoming months, passing out information pamphlets, taking donations, and just getting our message out there to anyone who knows a WWII Vet who has not yet been to see their memorial.

The most imposing force that reverberates through man's history is the beating of a patriot's heart.

HOOAH