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Veteran's Day is dedicated to honor all men and women, both living and deceased, who have served in the nation's armed forces.

It is a legal federal holiday in the United States.  Veteran's Day is always celebrated on November 11th, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11th as Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I, which took place at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.  Congress changed the name to Veteran's Day in 1954.

The United States Flag Code, which was adopted in 1923, describes the following rules for proper flag protocol:

• Always display the flag with the field of blue in the upper left-hand corner.  To display it upside down is considered a distress signal.

• It should be carried aloft and free, never flat or horizontally.

• The flag should always be kept clean and safe; never let it become torn, soiled or damaged.

• The flag should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.

• Always treat the flag with respect.  Never embroider it on household items or pieces of clothing.

People who are unable to dispose of the flag in the prescribed manner should contact their nearest American Legion or VFW post.  Most of them have an annual ceremony in which old and worn flags are properly destroyed.

National Flag Foundation
Flag Plaza
1275 Bedford Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15219-3630
1-800-615-1776
www.americanflags.org

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    I thought this was interesting enough to pass along. There is a good history lesson in this! The one-dollar bill first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used; the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look.
    If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for the balance -- a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's T-square, a tool used for an even cut.  Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury.
    That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know.  If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved.
    If you look at the left hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning.  We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is uncapped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye, and ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything. "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking. "The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "a new order has begun."
    At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776.  If you look at the circle on the right, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most heroes' monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet no one knows what the symbols mean.
    The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own.
    At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning "one nation from many people." Above the Eagle you have thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one.
    Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows.
    They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But, think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in "E PLURIBUS UNUM", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle's wing, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And for minorities: the 13th Amendment. Why don't we know this? Your children don't know this and their history teachers don't know this. Too may veterans have given up too much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at all.

Submitted by FrogLady

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Remember
Written by Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC

It was the Veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us the freedom of the press.

It was the Veteran, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It was the Veteran, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to fair trial.

It was the Veteran, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to demonstrate.

It is the Veteran, who salutes the flag,
who served under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

Written by Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC
All Gave Some - Some Gave All

A Tribute To Veterans
Written by Jerry Calow (Copyright 2003)

In Vietnam, Korea and World Wars past
Our men fought bravely so freedom would last
Conditions were not always best they could be
Fighting a foe you could not always see.

From mountain highs to valley lows
From jungle drops to desert patrols

Our sinewy sons were sent over seas
Far from their families and far from their dreams
They never wrote letters of hardships despair
Only of love, yearning that one day soon

They would come home, they would resume
And carry on with the rest of their lives

The P.O.W.'s stood steadfast
Against the indignities and cruelties of war
They could not have lasted as long as they did
If they had relinquished their hope that some day

They would come home, they would resume
And carry on the rest of their lives

Medics, nurses, and chaplains alike
Did what they needed to bring back life
They served our forces from day into night
Not questioning if they would survive

They mended bones and bodies too,
They soothed the spirits of dying souls

And for those M.I.A'S who were left behind
We echo this message across the seas
We will search for as long as it takes
You're not forgotten and will always be:

In our hearts, in our prayers,
In our minds for all time

A moment of silence, a moment of summons
Is their deliverance of body and soul
To a sacred place that we all know
Deep in the shrines of our soul

In our hearts, in our prayers
In our minds for all time

Interlude:
Gold Star mothers grieve - endlessly
Endlessly, endlessly...

These immortalized soldiers whose bravery abounds
They're our husbands, fathers, and sons
They enlisted for the duty at hand
To serve the cause of country and land:

They had honor, they had valor,
They found glory that change them forever

Men standing tall and proud they be
A country behind them in a solemn sea
So let the flags of freedom fly
Unfurled in their majesty high

In the sun, in the rain
In the winds across this land

Years of tears has brought us here
Gathering around to hear this sound
So let the flags of freedom fly
Unfurled in their majesty high:

In the sun, in the rain,
In the winds across this land

Repeat:

In the sun, in the rain,
In the winds for all time

We Stood For Freedom
©2002 Roger J. Robicheau
Written by a veteran about veterans.
It also draws parallels to our brave serving today.
American troops never change in so many ways...

We stood for freedom just like you
And loved the flag you cherish too

Our uniforms felt great to wear
You know the feel, and how you care

In step we marched, the cadence way
The same is true with you today

Oh how we tried to do our best 
As you do now, from test to test

How young we were and proud to be
Defenders of true liberty

So many thoughts bind soldiers well
The facts may change, not how we jell

Each soldier past, and you now here
Do share what will not disappear

One thought now comes, straight from my heart
For soldiers home, who’ve done their part

I’m honored to have served with you
May Godly peace, help get you through

And now I’ll end with a request
Do ponder this, while home at rest

America, respect our day
Each veteran, helped freedom stay

©2002 Roger J. Robicheau
Former SP5 US Army

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Good Ol' USA 
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.

America: The Good Neighbor.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

    "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. 
    Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
    When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
    When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
    The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
    I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?  If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
    Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
    You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at . Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
    When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
    I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. 
    Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating those."
    Stand proud, America!  Wear it proudly!!

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A link to a Web site about a brave young man with ties to Brookville PA.
"Amethyst Heart"

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American Legion National Headquarters
http://www.legion.org

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AMVETS National Headquarters
http://www.amvets.org

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Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov

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Disabled American Veterans
http://www.dav.org

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Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
7 Mill Brook Rd.
Wilton, New Hampshire  03086

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Military.com
http://www.military.com

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For The Moving Wall's Schedule
See:  The Official Moving Wall Website

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National Headquarters of the Marine Corps League
http://www.mcleague.org

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The Patriot's Inn | Pennsylvania's POW/MIAs
http://thepatriotsinn.tripod.com

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POW/MIA Flags Over Vermont
A wonderful article by Lisa Sheridan on Vietnow.com
about a vigil that is held every Thursday night since 1993
at the Vietnam Veterans Park in Fairhaven, Vermont
 www.vietnow.com/artflags.htm

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www.VetFriends.com
Search for veteran's and military personnel, military unites, military records, message board, jobs for veteran's, VA loans, success stories and more.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars
www.vfw.org

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.
www.vvmf.org

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The Veterans Memorial at Codorus State Park
http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeblades/index.htm

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Veteran's Day Page from SassyLD1
With the history of Veteran's Day and
Information About The Pledge of Allegiance To The Flag and More!

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