A great thing to do is to make sure you remember to pass on your gone but not forgotten family members' life stories to your children. Even as young it is good to take your children to visit past family members or memorials for members of your family who have served. A week before my son's second birthday we went to Arlington for him to meet his great-grandfather and as we drove down I explained as simple what we were doing. My son and I were the only ones visiting a family member besides those who were attending funerals. However, the amount of people visiting was enormous and even if you may not have a military family member it is good to teach our younger generations about the sacrifices of past Americans.