The President said we need to do more for our veterans than ceremonies and parades, “Today, in big cities and small towns across our country, there will be ceremonies around flagpoles and parades down Main Street to properly express our gratitude, to show our appreciation to men and women who served so that we might live free”.
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President Barack Obama is urging Americans to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day.
In observance of Veterans Day, Elsa Guerra visits the grave sites of her father, grandfather, and two uncles at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, November 11, 2015, in San Antonio.
Kenneth Fifield, left, with Collision Central of Grand Prairie hands the keys to a 2012 Chevy Cruz to military veteran Leotis Price Jr. during Progressive’s 3rd annual Keys to Progress event at the Arlington Progressive Service Center on in Arlington, Texas.
During a Veterans Dayt speech at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, the president said that, despite the positive steps, more needs to be done.
Supporters turned out to honor veterans at parades and memorial sites nationwide.
A World War I army reinactor marches in the nation’s largest Veterans Day Parade in NY City on in NY City.
Obama will also support a bill that would limit for-profit colleges’ access to GI Bill benefits, which are often used by veterans to attend college when they return.
Britain’s Prince Harry meets and chats with Canadian veterans at Canada House on Armistice Day in London. Bands, ROTC units and the consul general of France celebrated the contribution of African Americans to the French during World War I with a Veterans Day parade. The bronze and granite statue is expected to be finished by May.
“On Veterans Day, we reflect on the immeasurable burdens borne by so few in the name of so many, and we rededicate ourselves to supporting those who have worn America’s uniform and the families who stand alongside them”.
Obama pointed to a veteran unemployment rate that has decreased to a seven-year low of 3.9 percent as well as success in reducing a backlog of disability claims, but he noted that other problems still exist, reported The Associated Press. Anthony Sordill. He was a medical officer who earned the nation’s third-highest decoration for valor, the Silver Star, in North Africa in 1943.
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Purple Hearts Reunited has returned medals and artifacts to over 150 families and museums.
