Representative Tim LeGeyt Speaks at WWII Veterans Event in Avon

Representative Tim LeGeyt Speaks at WWII Veterans Event in Avon
Event Honors Vets Who Served in WWII

State Representative Tim LeGeyt, of Avon and Canton, spoke on Monday afternoon, May 10th at Avon High School for a ceremony honoring veterans who served during the Second World War. Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz was also in attendance. Rep. LeGeyt thanked the gathered veterans for their service and honored those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

“This is the month when we honor, on Memorial Day, those veterans who gave their life in the service of their country.  When they joined the Armed Services, in whatever conflict or period of peacetime, they offered their lives in the service of our country.  You made the same sacrifice – to offer your life in the service of your country.  As a veteran of WWII, you made the same commitment as did the servicemen and women that we will honor on Memorial Day.  The difference is that you were not called to give your life to that cause, even though you had offered it by joining… Because you were allowed to keep your life does not diminish the act of offering it in the service of your country, and it is your act of offering your life in the service of your country that we honor today,” said Rep. LeGeyt.

Rep. LeGeyt told the audience that the service and sacrifice of those who fought during WWII made it possible for people like him to live, grow up and take part in “perhaps the greatest expression of freedom the world has known.”