Here at Bradley, I am a student worker for the music department. One of my jobs is to do lighting and recording for concerts and recitals. Today there was a concert which triggered some of my very vivid memories of a trip I was on during freshman year of high school.
We took a trip to Washington D.C. with the band that I was in, and one of the places we played a concert was at a veterans home. This was such a great experience and we got to spend an afternoon talking with them and hearing their stories before the concert happened later that night. During the concert, we played "Armed Forces Salute" when veterans can stand and be recognized during their song. Many of them were very emotional as their memories were brought back to times of serving our country. It was a very moving and powerful experience for us as visitors to spend a day getting to know this group of veterans. The same thing happened at today's concert, and it just reminded me of my time spent in Washington D.C. It is wonderful to hear people's stories about what they have done for us in their past.
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