Hi Captboat!
Thank you for your service and Happy Birthday! We are so lucky in America to have people like you who will fight for this country and our freedom! My 6th great grandfather fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary war, my father in WWII and my husband in Vietnam. Veteran's Day is a day to remember and be thankful for people like you and my relatives! I have my flag out flying proudly! I remember what I was taught in grade school in the 1950's about the flag and it's colors: The white is for our freedom, the red is for the blood our soldiers gave for our freedom, there is a star for each state of the Union and the blue is for God's blue sky. Unfortunately, none of my neighbors flew a flag on Veteran's Day. Ours was the only flag out in the neighborhood.
God bless you and have a wonderful birthday!
PML