Alva Review-Courier -

Unexpectedly overcome with emotion, Rodger Hill said to the crowd at Burlington School's Veterans Day program, "I was born in a great country. We do not realize how fragile our freedom is. I'm a lucky guy. I won't be entering any lotteries because I've already won. We as Americans are looked at by the rest of the world who wants what we have. But sometimes they are not willing to fight for it. Sometimes they think they can buy freedom with money.

"The only way we are going to stay free in this country is for young men and women to continue serving their country like so many here have done. It...