I Kept My Chin Up by Hannah Ackerman, is a story about a young lady at the age of 7 who out of curiosity had a vision that, unbeknownst to her, would turn out to be a tribute to honor veterans and those who serve our great country. Miss Ackerman's book, I Kept My Chin Up, presents remarkable and well-crafted insights into the depth of service freely given in defense of our country by U.S. military personnel and their families. Loss of life and limb in defense of American liberties resounds across the centuries beginning with the shot heard round the world fired at Lexington Green in 1775 to open the Revolutionary War. Since then, American blood has flown freely in the great cause of freedom. Patriotism fuels the great desire to defend America against all enemies foreign and domestic. Miss Ackerman at the tender age of seventeen has produced a work that honors memories of our veterans and patriots who have given great service to our country