“On this day we pay our respects to those who died while in service to a grateful nation,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Here in Vermont, we are proud of generations of veterans from the Green Mountain Boys in the Revolutionary War to the Vermont National Guard members deployed last year in Afghanistan. We are grateful to all of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, and our thoughts are with the families of those brave service members who gave the last full measure of devotion for freedom. As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I also have a deep appreciation for all those men and women who served our country and a keen respect for the debt we owe to all of our veterans and their families.”