ON THIS DAY November 11th: I'm Thanking Those Who Put On a Uniform and Defended Us. God Bless You All !
Thanking those who put on a uniform and defended us.
Veterans Day 2011 -Places and events honoring those who served.
McLean - American Legion holds annual observance and program at the Veterans Memorial McLean High School. It's wonderful. 11 am in the parking lot in the front of the school.
Herndon - American Legion Wayne Kidwell Post 184, along with the Town of Herndon, will hold its annual Veterans Day Observance at the Veterans Memorial on the Herndon Town Green at 11 a.m.
The Town Green is located behind the Herndon Municipal Building, 777 Lynn St. The observance will be held at 11 a.m., and will include the Herndon High School Junior Naval ROTC presenting the Colors. This year's featured guest speaker will be Col. William Campenni of the US Air Force/Air National Guard.
Arlington Cemetery - the annual Veteran's Day ceremony commences precisely at 11 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans' organizations and remarks from dignitaries. For more info, click here.
Mount Vernon - Veteran's Day Concert Featuring the USAF Strings at 3 p.m. Admission required for entry to Mt. Vernon, but no tickets needed for concert. Mount Vernon celebrates Veteran’s Day by admitting active duty, retired and former military personnel free-of-charge.
Great Falls - Veterans Day Ceremony at Great Falls Freedom Memorial, 9830 Georgetown Pike (behind the Great Falls Library), at 11 a.m.
Great Falls resident Lawrence McKinley, who served as a rotary wing aviator in a Medical Evacuation Company in the Army and the Army National Guard and in combat in the Vietnam War and Desert Storm, will be the guest speaker at this annual event. Members of the Great Falls Village Green Day School kindergarten class will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and the Madrigal Choir of Langley High School will provide music.
In case of rain, the ceremony will move into the Library's meeting room.
In DC:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - 1 p.m. Color guard, speakers and a wreath-laying ceremony pay tribute to all who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War America's other conflicts.
Vietnam Women's Memorial - 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Vietnam-era veterans and the children of veterans tell stories "in their own voices" about their experiences. There will also be stories featuring soldiers of the current struggles in Iraq and Afghanistan and other locations around the world.
World War II Memorial - 9 a.m. - Wreath laying ceremony.Navy Memorial - noon. The Naval District of Washington will lay a wreath at the Lone Sailor Statue in commemoration of Veterans Day. As part of the Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, authors Dwight Zimmerman and John Gresham will present Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and The Six Warriors Who Earned it in Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://mclean.patch.com/articles/veterans-...
Veterans Day 2011 -Places and events honoring those who served.
McLean - American Legion holds annual observance and program at the Veterans Memorial McLean High School. It's wonderful. 11 am in the parking lot in the front of the school.
Herndon - American Legion Wayne Kidwell Post 184, along with the Town of Herndon, will hold its annual Veterans Day Observance at the Veterans Memorial on the Herndon Town Green at 11 a.m.
The Town Green is located behind the Herndon Municipal Building, 777 Lynn St. The observance will be held at 11 a.m., and will include the Herndon High School Junior Naval ROTC presenting the Colors. This year's featured guest speaker will be Col. William Campenni of the US Air Force/Air National Guard.
Arlington Cemetery - the annual Veteran's Day ceremony commences precisely at 11 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans' organizations and remarks from dignitaries. For more info, click here.
Mount Vernon - Veteran's Day Concert Featuring the USAF Strings at 3 p.m. Admission required for entry to Mt. Vernon, but no tickets needed for concert. Mount Vernon celebrates Veteran’s Day by admitting active duty, retired and former military personnel free-of-charge.
Great Falls - Veterans Day Ceremony at Great Falls Freedom Memorial, 9830 Georgetown Pike (behind the Great Falls Library), at 11 a.m.
Great Falls resident Lawrence McKinley, who served as a rotary wing aviator in a Medical Evacuation Company in the Army and the Army National Guard and in combat in the Vietnam War and Desert Storm, will be the guest speaker at this annual event. Members of the Great Falls Village Green Day School kindergarten class will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and the Madrigal Choir of Langley High School will provide music.
In case of rain, the ceremony will move into the Library's meeting room.
In DC:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - 1 p.m. Color guard, speakers and a wreath-laying ceremony pay tribute to all who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War America's other conflicts.
Vietnam Women's Memorial - 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Vietnam-era veterans and the children of veterans tell stories "in their own voices" about their experiences. There will also be stories featuring soldiers of the current struggles in Iraq and Afghanistan and other locations around the world.
World War II Memorial - 9 a.m. - Wreath laying ceremony.Navy Memorial - noon. The Naval District of Washington will lay a wreath at the Lone Sailor Statue in commemoration of Veterans Day. As part of the Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, authors Dwight Zimmerman and John Gresham will present Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and The Six Warriors Who Earned it in Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://mclean.patch.com/articles/veterans-...
Today is Veterans Day -- and it's a special one.
Yesterday, the Senate passed the President's jobs plan to help veterans find work after returning home. It's a huge victory for the men and women who served with honor and distinction, and in many cases put their lives on the line for us.
So let's join the Senate in honoring veterans today -- write a quick note to say thank you. We'll be sharing some of your words on our blog and social networks this weekend.
This wouldn't have happened without your persistence and the President's refusal to take no for an answer. That's why he insisted on Congress voting on parts of the American Jobs Act -- one by one -- until they finally did the right thing.
The two bills that the Senate passed yesterday, the Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax Credits, will give businesses up to $9,600 back for hiring veterans who are out of work or who have service-related disabilities. That's on top of new career resources that the President announced this week to support the more than 850,000 unemployed veterans living here at home, and more than a million more returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few months and years.
One of the highest duties we share as Americans is to serve the men and women who've served us. We simply couldn't wait for these commonsense steps to help our veterans. And thanks to Democrats and Republicans in the Senate putting country before party, we won't need to.
I hope you'll join me in saying thank you to our veterans by sending them a personal note this Veterans Day:
http://my.barackobama.com/Thank-Our-Vetera...