This past week was patriotic even before Independence Day came around. It all started on Wednesday when some members of our team volunteered at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’s National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Of course, being swimmers, we helped out with the swimming portion of the games. This meant that our teammates were helping out veterans, most of whom were paraplegic or quadriplegic, with getting in and out of the pool for their races. Not only was this a good