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Honor and Remembrance….
Veterans Day
November 11, 2020
United States of America
Veterans Day(originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States….observed annually on November 11….honoring military veterans – all persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces(and were discharged under honorable conditions).
>>Note – A large number of local jurisdictions and school districts across America no longer honor veterans on this day. They prefer to save the “day off” for a shopping day the Friday after Thanksgiving. At least we veterans know we served to preserve the right to shop.
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Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would spend $300 million more per year on services and benefits for veterans. Veterans advocates at the announcement say the pledge addresses issues wounded soldiers have been fighting for.
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“Now, this is a soldier’s song, see? You don’t look like soldiers but by the gods I’ll see you sounds like ‘em! You’ll pick it up as we goes along! Right turn! March! 'All the little angels rise up, rise up, all the little angels rise up high!’ Sing it, you sons of mothers!”
The marchers picked up the response from those who knew it.
“How do they rise up, rise up, rise up, how do they rise up, rise up high? They rise headsup,headsup,heads up–” sang out Dickens as they turned the corner.
Vimes listened as the refrain died away.
“That’s a nice song,” said young Sam, and Vimes realized that he was hearing it for the first time.
“It’s an old soldier’s song,” he said.
“Really, Sarge? But it’s about angels.”
Yes, thought Vimes, and it’s amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It’s a realsoldiers’ song: sentimental, with dirty bits.
“As I recall, they used to sing it after battles,” he said. “I’ve seen old men cry when they sing it,” he added.
“Why? It sounds cheerful.”
They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You’ll learn. I knowyou will.
Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
I first met Cory Remsburg, a proud Army Ranger, at Omaha Beach on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Along with some of his fellow Rangers, he walked me through the program – a strong, impressive young man, with an easy manner, sharp as a tack. We joked around, and took pictures, and I told him to stay in touch.
A few months later, on his tenth deployment, Cory was nearly killed by a massive roadside bomb in Afghanistan. His comrades found him in a canal, face down, underwater, shrapnel in his brain.
For months, he lay in a coma. The next time I met him, in the hospital, he couldn’t speak; he could barely move. Over the years, he’s endured dozens of surgeries and procedures, and hours of grueling rehab every day.
Even now, Cory is still blind in one eye. He still struggles on his left side. But slowly, steadily, with the support of caregivers like his dad Craig, and the community around him, Cory has grown stronger. Day by day, he’s learned to speak again and stand again and walk again – and he’s working toward the day when he can serve his country again.
“My recovery has not been easy,” he says. “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy."
Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the America he serves, Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg never gives up, and he does not quit.
The story behind Cory Remsburg, Michelle Obama’s guest for the night, from the SOTU speech.
TENTH DEPLOYMENT. Something to think about.
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Deep gratitude for all who have served ❤️
Day 12
Do I know anyone that has served in the military
Most of the men and one woman in my family have served. Army and Navy and Air Force.
ATTN: Navajo Veterans & relatives of Navajo Veterans
My name is Donovan Shortey and I am a Dineh photojournalist. I am looking for Navajo veterans who are located in the Window Rock, AZ area to document for my next photo project. If you are a veteran or a relative of a veteran who might be interested, please contact me via my FB page (https://www.facebook.com/Shorteys) or at [email protected] - Ahéhee’
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My last living grandparent, my paternal grandfather, passed away over Thanksgiving weekend. He was 97 years old. A sailor, a proud U.S. Navy veteran, an active Fourth Degree Knight with the Knights of Columbus, an Italian–American, a devoted Catholic who lived our faith in action. He lived a good life, one of family, love, and laughter. He was unfailingly kind, humble, and gentle. His grandchildren, and the greats and great-greats, meant the world to him. My siblings and I grieve for our father and his loss, who truly cherished his father and with whom he shared a special bond through weekly Knights meetings, Masses, and family gatherings. Those actions—faith in actions—exemplified the beautiful morals and values with which we were raised and only fully appreciate now.
With Saint Paul on my mind of late, the profoundness of the unseen and thus eternal is consuming my thoughts. All of the pettiness that we swear we are beyond but truly are not, the hurt that we hold on to, means nothing at the end. All that matters is how deeply you loved and touched another human. I think about my father’s unfailingly kind and gentle father and mother and my mother’s astonishingly resilient and loving father and mother and only recognize now after they have passed that all of that was indeed imbued in my parents. And I give thanks to God at every remembrance of them. ♥
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Louis-Victor Baillot, the last surviving veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, died on February 3, 1898, at the age of 104. In an interesting coincidence, the longest-lived Napoleonic Wars veteran, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, died exactly one year later, on February 3, 1899, at the age of 110. For more, see “Remarkable Cases of Longevity in the 19th Century.”
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Happy Veterans Day! Your sacrifices are never forgotten. Thank you to all.
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More than half of the 2.6 million Americans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan struggle with physical or mental health problems stemming from their service, feel disconnected from civilian life and believe the government is failing to meet the needs of this generation’s veterans, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” - Cynthia Ozick
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Tune in to the first joint candidate event of the 2016 general election!
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take questions on national security, military affairs and veterans’ issues from a live audience comprised of service members and veterans on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
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