The generation who grew up surrounded by acknowledgements that they had dignity, bravery and the capacity for greatness were, unsurprisingly, nifty voters - the first chance they got, they elected a government which promised to reward their sacrifices with a welfare state.
For me, I had great pride after the path I started as a player, after all the sacrifices and efforts I made.
Greek ministers said the long years of sacrifices since accepting a bailout in 2010 were paying off.
On the Civil War battlefield where President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that symbolized his presidency and the sacrifices made by Union and Confederate forces, historians and everyday Americans are gathering to ponder what the Gettysburg Address has meant to the nation.
"Taxpayers and ordinary bank workers will rightly view this as an act of contempt for the sacrifices they made since the financial crisis," said Rob Macgregor, national officer of the Unite union.
"I realise the sacrifices they made to raise me – I have nothing but gratitude for that.
All that is left is a story to tell our children: a story of thousands of Syrian people who confronted Assad's tyranny and dictatorship with tremendous sacrifices, and yet the world turned its back on them; a revolution that was poisoned by intruders, traitors and foreign money.
Rugby players, boxers and American footballers have all been rushed back into action in the name of success, but they do not always remember their sacrifices.
"[P]eople are prepared to put up with sacrifices if they know those sacrifices are the foundations of future prosperity".
The sacrifices made for its creation were a gift to the God it celebrates.
At the People's Question Time in Pendle, an elderly man called Roland makes a short, powerful speech about the sacrifices made for the right to vote and says he's worried for the future of the NHS.
