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  • my favorite veterans day photo

    11/11/2011 2:47:27 PM PST · by WOBBLY BOB · 7 replies
    free republic ^ | veterans day 2004 | wobbly bob
    Generations of Valor - Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraces Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr.
  • Mayor may mediate Berkeley Veterans Day dispute

    10/19/2005 3:55:19 PM PDT · by SmithL · 14 replies · 412+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | // | Martin Snapp
    BERKELEY - Mayor Tom Bates is trying to work out a compromise that will allow Berkeley's Veterans Day memorial ceremony to go on as scheduled Nov. 11. The volunteer committee organizing the event had split over a proposal by the chairman, singer/songwriter Country Joe McDonald, to invite Bill Mitchell, a co-founder of Cindy Sheehan's organization, Gold Star Families for Peace, to be the keynote speaker. Some members thought Mitchell's appearance would turn the event into an anti-war rally. Others said denying Mitchell a chance to speak would be a violation of free speech. On Monday morning, McDonald threw up his...
  • Elderly veteran killed in parade tragedy

    11/11/2004 6:52:45 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 15 replies · 564+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | November 11, 2004
    WHITMAN, Mass. -- An 80-year-old veteran was killed Thursday morning when he was run over by a van as he prepared to march in the town's Veterans Day parade. William Hammond, of Abington, was a decorated World War II Army veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. As captain of the color guard, he was lining up with fellow veterans at the start of the parade route when the van backed over him, witnesses said.