My husband Joe and I attended a Veterans Day parade in Media, Pennsylvania.
It's not enough to applaud and go to a Veterans Day parade.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act
In Espanola, a parade of elderly soldiers mostly Latino and Indian took a Veterans' Day salute in the town plaza.
Today is a historic day for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
It also gave members of our military and our veterans a chance to unwind a little bit, and on this Veterans Day, I want to take this opportunity to thank all our men and women in uniform for their service and their sacrifice.
WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Honoring Our Veterans for Their Service and Sacrifice | The White House
This Veterans Day is a good time to see the health and well being of the returning military as a non-negotiable personal mission.
Sunday, November 11 will mark Veterans Day, a time show thanks to the men and women whose service and sacrifice have helped secure more than two centuries of American progress.
The White House had said Bush was going to also use his Veterans Day speech to scold Congress for not sending him a veterans spending bill.
And not just once in a while, not just on Veterans Day or Memorial Day, but these communities need to rally around these families every single day.
Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Obama in a letter sent Wednesday -- Veterans Day -- to agree to the request for additional troops by U.S. military leaders in Afghanistan.
CNN: Obama seeks revisions to Afghanistan plans, sources say
This past July, they ran a compressed five day accelerator in Washington DC for a class of 75 military veterans.
FORBES: Five Programs You Must Know About If You're a Veteran Entrepreneur
He added that while Armistice Day was a time to remember the mental and physical impact on veterans, Armed Forces Day was for celebrating.
Last week the VA office released a report finding that 22 U.S. veterans committed suicide each day in 2010, which works out to just under one suicide per hour, a disturbing number by any account.
FORBES: How Will The U.S. Army Address the Mental Health Crisis In Soldiers and Veterans?
During the Veterans Day Parade, I was able to chat with Vickie, a fellow American Women Veterans member and United States Navy Veteran.
Every fall, we set aside a special day to pay tribute to our veterans.
In suburban Boston, veterans gathered in a park to mark Memorial Day this year rather than hold a parade because of failing health and dwindling numbers.
Here on Martha's Vineyard, Morgan is well known at this time of year for organizing Edgartown's Fourth of July parade a jubilant celebration of Independence Day and island veterans of military service.
From a big initiative to a small gesture, Memorial Day is the perfect time to offer a simple act of kindness to our veterans and military families.
Now, in just a few days -- a few weeks -- we will be observing Veterans Day.
The U.S. Veterans Day holiday on Monday made for a quieter trading session in the U.S., as government offices were closed.
FORBES: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Ends Near Steady on Mild Profit Taking, Chart Consolidation
An annual event, the commemorative day will be a permanent extension of Veterans' Awareness Week which was held for the first time last year, a spokesman said.
The U.S. Veterans Day holiday on Monday could make for a quieter session in the U.S., as government offices are closed.
ZANU-PF in which war veterans forcibly closed all businesses and factories for a day to make sure that everybody attended a rally.
Ms. JANICE GREENE (Durham Resident): My name is Janice Greene, and Memorial Day is a day to celebrate for all of the wounded veterans, military men, saving our lives.
And one day last spring, Jeremy spent the day with several of these veterans cleaning up a local highway.
He said in his Veterans Day speech that critics are fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's weapons programs.
Every morning on Memorial Day, I have a breakfast for leaders of the veterans' community at the White House.
In February, a VA report said that in 2010 about 22 veterans committed suicide each day, at rates higher than the general population and higher still among women vets.
They also have the second-best pitching staff in the major leagues on paper as well as Robinson Cano, who's one of the five or so best every day players in the game, and a variety of useful veterans, some of whom should actually be playing in games by May.
Veterans' funerals at Arlington National Cemetery could be cut to 24 a day from 31, meaning delays in burials for troops from past wars.
应用推荐