I went to the Vets reunion Saturday in Charlotte. My observation is that we ought to throw rotten eggs at the vendors who preyed on all of us. Cokes were 4 dollars each. Hot dogs 6 dollars, everything else, 6 dollars. Thanks for helping us Vets . Greed is everywhere.
The hot dogs and drinks should have been furnished for them. I assume all the attendees paid for their own transportation.
Vets taken for suckers 65,000 men and women paid for tickets to the event to view some jeeps and see Charlie Daniels. Everything was vendors with overpriced merchandise. The traveling wall was there, but those soldiers already paid their dues.
Already paid their dues....but they hadn't paid for hot dogs yet. Capitalism works that way you know.....some pay, some make a profit.
My husband is a Vietnam Vet. We were going to go but he thought that all the walking would be too much. I did't expect stuff to be free but those prices are ridiculous. The tickets were free for the asking...they were given out to any vet, not just those from Vietnam. It was a nice thing, but I think my husband felt as if it was a little too late. Those sign you hear about, "Sailors and Dogs, keep off the grass," were real. At the time, he was a kid, who enlisted to do the right thing...but could never wear his uniform while traveling for fear of being spit on and called names....even though he had nothing to do with any of that. Somethings just stick with you.
PC, Sadly, we forget our heroes as soon as we can. Please tell him we send our heartfelt, "Welcome home, brother!" to him and thank him for his service. It was written by someone much smarter than me. "God and the Soldier, we adore, In time of danger, not before. The danger passed and all things righted, God is forgotten and the Soldier slighted." Rudyard Kipling H6/C6
