Mr. Ansel installed the flags on Sunday to honor what he calls his favorite holiday – Veterans Day.
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Veterans Day differs from Memorial Day in that Veterans Day honors living veterans while Memorial Day honors those who have died.
This Veterans’ Day, world peace feels a long way off. The United States is in its 14th year of war. The plan was to slowly remove US ground troops and train South Vietnam to take over military responsibility in order to defend itself. “Today we honor those who fought for our freedom, those who forsake the comforts of family and home to protect the American way”. “It is also a reminder of all that they still have to give our nation, and our duty to them”, he said. The mayor said he would create a veterans task force to look for ways to assist those served the country.
The Armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, a date and time forever to be memorialized.
USA companies from Capital One Financial Corp.to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have hired millions of men and women returning from wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan in the last decade, prodded by Obama administration tax incentives of up to $9,600 per person.
On Wednesday, David and Motsavage were joined by a group of about 60 people, including veterans, members of American Legion Post 1254, city and county officials and other residents, to dedicate the monument, which has “World War II” etched vertically into its front.
We salute you, veterans, on this Veterans Day. It is never too late for us to undo the disservice done to many veterans who returned home and were disdained or ignored 40 years ago. “I have a heart for military vets since I am one and, for the most part, they were all young boys who were killed”.
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Where is the U.S. Department of Justice, why haven’t there been any investigations into this abuse? “We come here because my grandpa and great-grandpa served, and to honor them”, she said. It was World War I, to distinguish itself from the next great war, World War II. Wherever they go, they are greeted by applause and thanks.
