HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Fourth of July brings fireworks, celebrations, and community, but veterans want people to remember the true meaning behind the holiday.
“We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have the citizen, you know, soldiers stand up for our country,” Michael Gronkowski, an Army veteran and the Alabama State VFW Commander, said.
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The holiday represents the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 after what veterans describe as years of bravery by the men who lived in America at the time. Veterans describe the men as taking on a fully developed British Army in the fight for what they believed was right, no matter what it took.
“Those guys literally signed their own death warrant, potentially,” Army Veteran Kari Childress said. “It was treasonous what they did when they signed that declaration. But they did it for a better life and better for us.”…