A tribute the men and women who serve this Country, past present and future.
No matter who is in the Oval Office, the American people can sleep peacefully at night, knowing they are on the job.
Veterans Day Links:
IBD brings us some War on Terror Hero stories.
On PBS, tonight, The Way We Get By:
On call 24 hours a day for the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. The Way We Get By is an intimate look at three of these greeters as they confront the universal losses that come with aging and rediscover their reason for living.
Date night! Free food for vets:
…to celebrate Veteran’s Day — next Wednesday, several major casual-dining restaurants — including Applebee’s, McCormick & Schmick’s and Golden Corral — are offering free food to the nation’s military vets and active-duty personnel, USA Today reports.
Outback Steakhouse is offering a free Bloomin’ Onion appetizer and a drink to vets and current military personnel on Wednesday. Krispy Kreme is giving away donuts, and even Home Depot and Lowe’s are getting in on the action offering 10-percent discounts to military.
Michelle Malkin: Veterans Day 2009
Another heart-felt thank-you from Atlas Shrugs.
For 90 years, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month has been a remembrance of those who served America in a time of war.
Saints and Heroes, a site dedicated to honoring veterans.
Right Wing and Right Minded: On this Veterans Day, we say thank you.
This Veterans Day, 81% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military. Thirty-six percent (36%) had a close friend or relative who gave their life for our country. A Rasmussen video report notes that 69% say that military service is good for young people.
Blackfive: Veterans Day – Part 1 – We Start With the Late Great Mike Royko
Mudville Gazette: Dawn Patrol – Veteran’s Day 2009
Villainous Company: Those Who Serve
Bob McCarty: Unexpected Emotions Surface on Veterans Day
Pundit and Pundette: Gratitude For Our Veterans
Up Hill Both Ways: When the Boys Come Home
A Year Of Happy: Veterans Day—a tribute from 1981
Nice Deb 
I was walking my dog back from the vet (the other kind) this morning and I came across a group of soldiers who were on their way to the annual Veterans Day parade in town. I stopped to let them pass and said “Happy Veterans Day and thank you”. A bunch of them shouted out “Thank You!” and a couple reached out to shake hands.
Amazing. They were thanking me. No doubt, the best of us.
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Here are a couple of links that tell personal experiences people had on the original Armistice Day in 1918. http://bit.ly/37fcE2 and http://bit.ly/37RvJ1. Very moving.
Cheers to our armed forces across the world! And thanks for helping us remember!
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Thanks, Happy…I’ll add those.
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