Graduation Speech: Veterans Day

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Good morning on this very special day.
I am Ava Pinette a 7th-grader at city school.
To start I want to thank you for putting your lives on hold to protect our present and future. It took real bravery to do what you did. All of you could never be thanked enough.

I was lucky enough to get a chance to speak to all of you.
Everyone wants to meet their favorite superhero. But they’re forgetting who the real ones are.
“Real heros don't wear capes, they wear dog tags and combat boots”.Today I got a chance to speak to my heroes, the veterans who fought for our country.

When I think of veterans day I don't think of it as a holiday, it doesn't fit the definition. I think of it as a day to work as hard as you did, but in our own way at school,

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