Bravery isn't what it used to be. These days people's 'bravery' isn't always driven by knowlege or common sense.
True bravery makes others virtually stand up and salute.
It is what it is despite salutes or parades.
I have a special place in my heart for the folks that work tirelesly toward a goal. Teddy Roosevelt summed it up very well when he said:
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."