Devaney: Veterans Should be Welcomed Back, and Helped Adjust to Being Home
Service men and women need to have time to adjust, Marilyn Devaney said at the Watertown Veterans Day Ceremony.
Americans need to welcome back the men and women who are serving in the military, said Marilyn Devaney at Friday’s Veterans Day ceremony. At the same time, people have to be sympathetic to what these servicemen and women have gone through and how they adjust to being back home. Devaney, a member of the Governor's Council, gave the keynote address at the Watertown Veterans Day ceremony held at the held at the AMVETS Post 41 hall. The transition out of the service can be difficult, Devaney said. “You cannot expect a soldier to return home (from war) to just ‘snap out of it,’” Devaney said. “They need to be welcomed back into the community one-by-one.” On this Veterans Day, Devaney remembered a friend who passed away recently, a man who …
