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America’s Veterans Day is recognized in other English-speaking countries as Remembrance Day. With the 80th anniversary this month of both the Battle of El Alamein and the North Africa “Torch ...
Veterans Veterans Day is not always easy for our heroes — here's what to say and do To America's veterans: 'I see you, I respect you, I value your service' ...
On Veterans Day and every day, we not only honor their service, but we also remember their great sacrifices. Veterans chose to endure long separations from their families, freezing in subzero ...
As America celebrates Veterans Day, it’s a fitting time to reflect on the profound impact veterans have had after coming home. Post-9/11 veterans haven’t rested on their laurels; they’ve ...
Many veterans will spend this Veterans Day attending parades commemorating their military service. Others, concerned about the pandemic or perhaps battling PTSD, may not go out at all. But for ...
Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11. It is a day to celebrate and remember those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The federal holiday always falls on Nov. 11, regardless of what day ...
Just prior to Veterans Day in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower called on all Americans to "solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on ...
Returning home: Stories of our veterans As the 20th century has show us all too clearly, an armistice is always a temporary affair. We know, as surely as night follows day, that other battles will ...
By K.L. Allen, Ph.D. For one day each year – Veterans Day, Nov. 11 – we recognize the debt Americans owe to our military heroes and heroines of every generation.
These veterans lobbied state and local governments across the former union to recognize May 30 as a day of remembrance, originally known as "Decoration Day." They chose May 30 because no battles ...
In 1868, a veteran of the Union Army, Gen. John A. Logan, decided to formalize a growing tradition of towns decorating veterans’ graves with flowers by organizing a nationwide day of remembrance ...
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 140,000 veterans took their own lives between 2001 and 2022 — well over 6,000 veterans every year, or an average of more than 17 each day.