President, Senate Recognize National Veterans Awareness Week

American Forces Press Service ^ | Donna Miles

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2006 – President Bush officially declared this week National Veterans Awareness Week and urged all Americans to honor veterans who “stepped forward when America needed them most.”

As the president proclaimed a weeklong tribute to the nation’s 25 million veterans, the U.S. Senate issued a resolution encouraging Americans to commemorate it by teaching young people about the contributions veterans have made through the country’s history.

Bush issued a proclamation paying tribute to “America’s men and women in uniform (who) have defeated tyrants, liberated continents and set a standard of courage and idealism for the entire world.”

Military members have protected the United States through its history, he said, placing the country’s security before their own lives in a way the country can never repay. “Our veterans represent the best of America, and they deserve the best America can give them,” he said.

The president urged Americans to pause this Veterans Day to honor it’s the country’s soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen and to remember that defending freedom involves “great loss and sacrifice.”

“This Veterans Day, we give thanks to those who have served freedom’s cause,” he said. “We salute the members of our armed forces who are confronting our adversaries abroad.”

The president paid special tribute to “the men and women who left America’s shores but did not live to be thanked as veterans.”

“They will always be remembered by our country,” he said.

Meanwhile, a Senate resolution designating this week National Veterans Awareness Week emphasizes the need to develop educational programs regarding veterans’ contributions to the country.

Senate Resolution 507 recognizes the tens of millions of Americans who have served in the armed forces during the past century and the hundreds of thousands who have given their lives in that service.

It notes that the all-volunteer force has resulted in “sharp decline” in the number of Americans personally connected to the military and, as a result, the decrease in young people’s awareness about “the nature and importance of the accomplishments of those who have served in the armed forces.”

Recognizing that the system of civilian control of the military “makes it essential that future leaders … understand the history of military action and the contributions and sacrifices of those who conduct such actions,” the Senate resolution encourages Veterans Day activities that focus on related educational programs.

Veterans Day School Kits for teachers as well as students are posted on the VA Web site to support those programs.

Related Sites:
President Bush’s Veterans Day Proclamation
Senate National Veterans Awareness Week Proclamation
Veterans Day School Kits

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[SandRat]

OK, all you Freeper Teachers be sure to go here.

Veterans Day School Kits

[seasoned traditionalist]

We CONSERVATIVES Acknowledge Just How Much we Owe ALL VETERANS For Their Dedication, Sacrifices, and Selfless Devotion To Duty In Order to Protect Us and Our Great Country.

 

 

 

May God Bless and Protect All of Our Military and Hold Them Close To HIM, Now and Forever.

 

 

 

 

A PROUD NAM VET

[CWOJackson]

Golden Corral's Fourth Annual Military Appreciation Monday

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(10/27/2004) — Free dinner to our nation's military, past and present. To show our thanks, Monday night, November 15, 2004 from 5-9PM. Veterans' Day honors our military personnel, past and present, for their willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. All 400+ Golden Corral restaurants spanning 39 states join together once again to offer these patriots a Free "Thank-you" Dinner Buffet on Monday Night November 15th from 5-9PM.

Reserves and National Guard are included in this special recognition offer.

Once again the Disabled American Veterans Organization with 2.3 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors, will have members in the restaurants to distribute literature, sign up new members and volunteers, and accept donations in support of the DAV.

An estimated 252,000 veterans attended last year helping this event raise over $241,000 for the DAV.

[kinoxi]

President Bush officially declared this week National Veterans Awareness Week and urged all Americans to honor veterans who “stepped forward when America needed them most.”