veterans: Time to Honor our Vets with Valentines! - 01/23/11 01:09 PM

It is nearly time to celebrate Valentines Day!!! 
One of the best ideas I have thought for years is the
Valentines for Vets program!!!
I was reading the Annies Mailbox column in our local Idaho Press Tribune today. 
They had their annual plea for Valentines in the column. 
A few of the stats they quoted were:
VA staff of 239,000 and volenteers of 85,000 at 1400 sites
VA is projected to treat 6.1 million patients  in 2011.  
Of these 6.1 million 439,000 are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
The 2011 salute to Veterans will be from February 13-19, 2011
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veterans: Lets Hear it for Applebees!! - 11/11/10 04:15 PM
Today as I was going out and about a few times I passed Applebees in Nampa Idaho...I not
iced that the parking lot was incredibly full...and I could see a waiting line of people who were going to eat! 
I knew it was lunch time but this was not the norm!  
As I passed by I noted on the Billboard...that Applebees was serving a free meal to all Veterans!   
What a cool idea!   And it was very well received judging the line of patrons waiting to get into the restaurant!  
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veterans: A Memorial Day Poem - 05/31/10 05:35 AM
Thank you tomy friend Cindy for finding and posting this poem on another forum I go to!!!   It says it all so perfectly!!!
The Ultimate Sacrifice: A Memorial Day Poem
 We set aside Memorial Day
Each and every year
 To honor those who gave their lives
Defending what we hold dear.
In all the dark and deadly wars,
Their graves prove and remind us,
 Our brave Americans gave their all
 To put danger far behind us.
They made the ultimate sacrifice
 Fighting for the American way;
 We admire them and respect them
 On every Memorial Day. By Joanna Fuchs
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veterans: Happy Memorial Day Special Thank You to those who have given us our Freedom! - 05/30/10 10:35 AM
It is Memorial Day weekend...a time for family BBQ's and picnics....and maybe even some yard work. 
Memorial Day is a special weekend for many of us who have family and friends who have served in the Military in years past.  
My Gramps served in WWII.  I don't know much about his time over there...as it was somewhat of a taboo subject....I do remember falling asleep listening to him and my Dad and Uncle playing the banjo, guitar and Gramps playing his accordion that he had gotten during the time he served in Germany.  
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