Up and down el Rio Blanco: Thanks to our veterans

Last week I wrote about my love of birthdays, my own and everyone else’s and my love of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of our country, July 4.
In my humble opinion, the main reason we are able to celebrate birthdays as we wish is because of the sacrifices made by our fellow Americans who have or are currently serving our country and defending our rights through the different branches of the armed forces,…