It was in your living rooms and backyards and VFW halls and diners where our movement for change began.
Two landmark pieces of legislation deserve special mention, and not just because the VFW was instrumental in both successes.
You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois.
We need to end this tragedy, VFW. (Applause.) And we're going to work together to make it happen.
And Bob thank you for having me, and for all you do on behalf of the VFW, every day in Washington.
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The small fry the VFW crowd and the local yokels their losses are often measured in irreplacable nest eggs and family businesses.
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Hemphill's VFW hall was quickly turned into a dining hall for the search teams, and it will host lunch for the guests at Friday's ceremony.
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As the event neared its conclusion, a man in the back of the restaurant raised his hand and broached a topic not often heard at the VFW and American Legion halls where McCain preferred to campaign.
"My big thing is if you put all of Congress on Social Security, I bet that thing would get solved real quick, " Engel said as he prepared for the night's spaghetti dinner at Firestone VFW Post 3383 in Akron, Ohio.
Over the last 111 years from San Juan Hill to the Argonne Forest, Midway to Inchon, Hue City to Kuwait City, and the Korengal Valley to the Sunni Triangle VFW members have fought for our country on both the frontlines and the home front.
"Not so long ago this campaign was written off, but in your homes in Iowa, in community centers, in VFW posts, in restaurants where you never let me stop and eat, in homes, living rooms and barns where we gathered across this great state, you listened, " Kerry said.
Not just our parents, but our neighbors and our communities and our houses of worship and our VFW halls. (Applause.) Each of us is here because we had a country that was willing to invest in things like community colleges and universities, and scientific research and medicine, and caring for our veterans.
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