To honor those who have served in the armed forces on Veterans Day, the winner of this year’s Voice of Democracy Essay Contest read her essay at the Hopkinsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1913 sharing how a conversation with a veteran impacted how she views the rights and liberties she was born with.
The winning essay was written by Todd County Central High School Senior Ada Monroe. She wrote the essay based around a conversation she had with a veteran named Anthony who served in the United States Army for seven years and was deployed twice.
Monroe met Anthony when he started attending the same church as her family, and after learning about the essay contest, she says her parents thought it would be a good idea to interview him…