Events

The Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Trail is located in Price County and has 13 markers to represent the 13 years of service and sacrifice of the brothers and sisters in arms. The markers denote events of the war that were deemed important by Vietnam Veterans. The trail is a commemorative project to remind the public of the sacrifices made by this group of unheralded veterans.

To honor of Vietnam Veterans at Summerset retirement community, DAR meetings, Martinez Veterans Hospital.

To give all Vietnam Veterans the long overdue welcome home and show them our appreciation and recognition for their service to our country. We want to provide our Vietnam Veterans with a lapel pin and a certificate of their service and sacrifice to show our gratitude.

Honor the deceased Vietnam Veteran. Honor and support the surviving spouse or children

I presently consult with Stein Hospice in Sandusky Ohio. They are a level 4 member of the VA's Hospice Veteran Partnership. We honor all veterans admitted to Hospice services with a certificate of Appreciation, a Military Service Branch blanket with the appropriate military branch emblem and a Ohio Hospice Veteran Partnership pin. Just today, I honored 3 veterans in their home and all are eligible for the Commemorative Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin. Stein Hospice has committed to being a corporate sponsor of future Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin events and welcome the committee additionally honoring Vietnam Veterans with the Commemoration Lapel Pin as well. Most hospice patients survive less than 14 days after admission. This is an important opportunity to honor those Vietnam Veterans before their passing.

Honor and thank Vietnam Veterans for their service to the Nation and the Commonwealth by recognizing their service and sacrifice at ceremonies at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.

Recognize and honor Vietnam War veterans who have limited mobility on Cape Cod.

Thank & honor Vietnam veterans whenever/wherever VWC member travels/encounters them.

Like to keep some of hand. We see Vietnam Veterans almost everyday. Some are the first time filing claims to the VA.

Presentation of Presidential proclamations and pins and Certificate of Honor.

Static display of Vietnam Huey UH-1C/M Gunship at: 50th Anniv Commemoration events; Redstone Arsenal Military events; events honoring Vietnam and all veterans; several schools in Madison County; JROTC displays; local airport aviation events; Veterans day celebrations in Cullman, AL; Huntsville Veterans Day Parade; Vietnam Welcome Ceremony; support to US Veterans Memorial Museum with displays; public events that inform the public on the Vietnam War.

- to honor all those served during November/01-1955 to May/15-1975. - to honor all surviving spouses of Vietnam Vets - to recognize all family members of Vietnam Vets

We are holding quarterly ceremonies at our American Legion Post to recognize and honor the Vietnam Veterans who are members of our post and residents of our county. The invited and attending Vietnam Veterans at each ceremony will be individually recognized and thanked for their service with a presentation of the Vietnam War Commemoration pin and a framed certificate.

More Than Self: Living the Vietnam War online replicates the brick and mortar exhibition on display at the Atlanta History Center from November 11, 2017 through March 31, 2018. Most of the photographs, many of the artifacts, and all of the oral histories contained in the exhibit are now accessible to users across the globe. This online exhibition tells the firsthand accounts of the men and women who served in Vietnam and Southeast Asia during the war. The Army officer who recalls seeing coffins and body bags being loaded onto aircraft as he arrived in Vietnam; the Navy swift boat commander who remembers the Special Forces team he took into the jungle; the Army nurse who describes humanitarian missions to Vietnamese leper colonies; the Marine Corps veteran who recalls his homecoming: this exhibit covers a broad range of experiences recalled by those who were there and honors their service and sacrifice.

The plan is to award Vietnam pins to those who qualify to the American Legion members in New York State around the Albany, NY area. Dates are not firm but hope to start within a month and finish one year later.

State Medal Ceremonies are scheduled throughout the year (sometimes twice a month) to all honorably discharged Veterans in NJ. Posthumous Awards are also given. Vietnam Veterans are a growing number of recipients. Veterans are awarded their state medals, with a certificate and letter signed by NJ Governor Philip Murphy. The Vietnam Veterans will also receive a commemorative lapel pin. We now want to honor surviving spouses of Vietnam Veterans that attend the ceremonies. I have been submitting AAR with pictures of our events throughout 2018.

The Post actively seeks out Vietnam Veterans and presents them their commemorative lapel pins. We need to replenish our supply. The "I Served" Stickers, fade rapidly in sunlight and we receive numerous requests for replacements.

VVA post 580 has started up our chapter again. We have serveral members that do not have a lapel pin. We also are getting new members and we would like to present each present

Along with all Veteran's Vietnam Veterans will be specifically honored for their service.

Hospice of Wichita Falls honors their veterans by giving the veteran or family a certificate that states we honor and thank them for their services. We also give out a quilt to each veteran who we are in contact with. Hospice of Wichita Falls is a facility to take care of patients who are passing and one way that we like to give back is by giving them a certificate and blanket. We would like to give our Vietnam Veterans a lapel pin too. We are seeing a growing increase in Vietnam veterans and would like to add the lapel pins as a way to give back to our community and veterans.

We are across the State of Delaware May to November at both community and Veteran events with our Mobile Education Unit providing benefits information to all veterans and their families, and honoring Vietnam Veterans specifically as our Brothers in Arms. Our display includes "in-country maps and Vietnam service flags. Our Objective is to honor every Vietnam Veteran that enters our trailer.

The purpose of this event is to honor the sacrifices of our Vietnam veterans as well as their families. Collier Lee Honor Flight has secured Guns and Hoses along with LCSO to present the colors, National Anthum, and two speakers. Joe Galloway and Ltc Allen West. We plan to have the Veterans version of the hallaulija sunflower followed by a flyover salute. Individual pictures, certificates, and the pinning itself. Collier Lee Honor Flight will present a specially made for this occasion challenge coin to only veterans that attend.

To thank and honor our terminally ill Vietnam Veteran patients and their families with respect and compassion as they face end of life.

1/2 Scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It will be displayed 24 hrs a day from opening to closing. We will have a Veterans Day ceremony with pinning and a candlelight ceremony honoring Vietnam Veterans with the reading of local names. We would like to have Joe Ramos of the 50th Commemorative to be our key note speaker on Veterans Day. He spoke a few years back and is a wonderful representative of the Commemorative.

Arrange 4 charter flights from Dayton, Ohio to Washington,DC to take Vietnam, WWII, and Korean veterans to see their national memorial. Flight trip dates are April 20, May25, Sept 7 and Oct 26. RV Caravan trips are May 2019 and Sept 2019

Throughout the year I do Veteran Recognition and Pinning Ceremonies throughout South County RI in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Elderly Housing and in the community. With the Anniversary of the Vietnam War approaching on March 29th, I have several events scheduled in the last 2 weeks of March as well the pinnings through the rest of the year.

Daily pinning Ceremonies of Vietnam Veterans bedside in their homes, hospitals, also in ALF-Assisted Living Facilities and LTC-Long Term Care Facilities.This is ongoing daily event. I have trained 26 Chaplains the Formal way of Pinning Veterans.Our Chaplains are approximately pinning 8-10 veterans a month.There is a major need for widows pins. Unfortunately more than not their will be an increase for widows due to the 320+ Vietnam Veterans dying daily.

Vietnam Veterans coming to our office are presented with a pin by myself or the VSO's

This is for our Navy in Vietnam exhibit, which will be opening in October 2019. We would like to have Vietnam commemoration pins on hand for Vietnam veterans who come through our museum. We've been handing them out for more than a year now and have reached a large number of Vietnam veterans with the lapel pins.

CSM(Ret) William J. Gainey has asked to be provided VNC Lapel Pins to present to individuals, that he encounters during his many speaking engagements and leadership gatherings he attends during the year. His request for a small number of lapel pins has been approved by MG(R) James Jackson, Director, VWC on 12 March 2019 in an email from him to me.

TO HONOR ALL VETERANS

To recognize all veterans on veterans day, during the program a special recognition is made toward Vietnam Veterans and they are asked to stand up and be recognized. Any Vet that hasn't received a pin will be presented with one.

right now I am looking at displaying the Service Patch posters in our building

We want to honor Vietnam Veterans at our chapter meetings, at every possible opportunity during this last year of the Commemorative Partner Event. We will find other places to share the Welcome home attitude.

All Attendees who served on Mills will be Vietnam Veterans. We will be recognized, congrsatulated and awarded a pin and bumper sticker.

The purpose of the event is to honor and recognize Vietnam veterans with a "Welcome Home" ceremony in which each Vietnam veteran will be honored by pinning them with one of these Commemorative pins.

We honor veterans admitted to hospice services with a personalized ceremony. Veterans receive a certificate, and blanket specific to their branch of service, and a commemorative coin. Vietnam veterans will be honored with a lapel pin.

To provide Congresswoman DelBene the opportunity to pin Vietnam Veterans on a continuous basis while she is in the district.

Individual honoring and thanking Vietnam Veterans or spouses of deceased Vietnam Veterans as encounter in the community or within our hospice program.

Visitors to the museum who are Vietnam Veterans will be honored and thanked for their service in our museum's lobby with the support of our museum staff and volunteers.

Awareness for all, about the Vietnam War, educate on benefits, show appreciation and provide recognition. Work on rebuilding a relationship with those that have suffered in Vietnam as well as the return home. Then work on connected them to organizations and events. To established their earned benefits.

This office attend 2 job fairs annually, 5 Service Organizations monthly meetings, Veterans come to the office on a daily basis and my being a Vietnam as well, it give me a good feeling to present these people with a pin and welcome them home, we also attend events in IA, annually as well and would like to have theses materials on hand to present to those veterans and say thank you.

Present Arms Inc attends and displays at several gun shows per year. We display the 50th flag and various posters, give 50th pins to viet vets and spport pins to family members.

The Stewart Family and the staff of Tim Stewart Funeral Home would like to thank and honor all Vietnam War Veterans for their service and sacrifices by presenting them with Vietnam Veteran lapel pins.

Sun City has a population of 18000 people and 65 percent of that is veterans. We have added about 600 more Vietnam Veterans to our population and would like to present a pin to all of those veterans. The goal is to present them on Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Keep on Hand for Veterans events

To recognize Vietnam Veteran who are going on the Honor Flights. To recognize Vietnam Veteran throughout Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio.

A Veteran Day celebration to honor all Veterans especially those who served during Vietnam. In addition to honor the sister of an MIA. Light refreshments will be served.

Fulfilling request for pins and a letter from the Senator via our website. https://www.peters.senate.gov/services/for-veterans/vietnam-veteran-lapel-pin

When Vietnam Veterans are admitted onto our hospice, we present them with a certificate, blanket and pin. We also recognize the surviving spouse and children. These become part of the memorial service after the patient has passed away, as well.

To honor all Vietnam Veterans and their families.

To welcome Vietnam Veterans home and acknowledge them

Congressman Soto tries to pin each and every Vietnam Veteran he meets as this is a great way to say Welcome Home and to thank the Veteran and their family for their service and sacrifices.

Join the City of Fishers at the annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony honoring local veterans who have courageously served in the armed forces. The free ceremony is open to the public.

public presentation of lapel pins to Vietnam veterans with certificates.

New York Jets Annual Salute to Service Game County of Suffolk, New York Vietnam Veterans Event County Legislator Sarah Anker Veterans Appreciation Concert

The 41st Congressional District will hold a Veterans day event where we honor all Veterans but we will also be recognizing all Vietnam Veterans during a smaller event. We will present them will lapel pins and and certificates to honor their service and commitment to our country. The 41st Congressional District Representative is Congressman Mark Takano who is the Chair of the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs so we expect to have an extremely large number of attendees.

As Clare County Veterans Service Director, I meet with Vietnam veterans regularly, and will present the applicable pins and certificates as they come to my office.

Honoring Vietnam veterans is the focus of the 2019-2020 State Project of the Michigan Society Children of the American (C.A.R.) Revolution. While waiting for our partnership application to be processed, we have "borrowed" supplies from the Ki-Ka-Ma-Sung C.A.R. Society. That supply of tin pins is almost exhausted. The brochures and surviving spouse pins are new to us. We will distribute these supplies to the general public at various events throughout the year and will order more as supplies run low. In particular, we would like a sufficient quantity of tin pins to hand out at the 4th of July parade, as well as to distribute to C.A.R. members from throughout the state (who will then disseminate the materials at commemorative events in their local communities) at our State meeting on July 6.

We will be honoring these Veterans at many public events we attend throughout the community.

Several Vietnam Veteran Ceremonies are scheduled and being scheduled weekly throughout the state.

We honor our veterans and especially Viet Nam Veterans when they visit the Washington State Veteran Cemetery. Each one is thanked along with their spouse or family and a pin is given if appropriate. Veterans visit the cemetery or their loved ones and the pins/display are available in the cemetery office.

This is an on going chapter project. Daughters carry Lapel Pins with them, and are awarded to Veterans when visiting museum with their caps on. OR when we see them in public wearing caps.

Every year Bell County elected officials prepare and serve lunch to County employees while recognizing employees service to the County during its annual health fair. This year the Veteran Service Office will honor all County employees and Family members who served during the Vietnam era.

Our goal is to identify and recognize Vietnam Veterans or spouses of deceased Vietnam Veterans throughout Iowa either one-on-one or through small groups. Feel free to contact Candy Brown for more information.

We provide treatment to combat veterans and their families. Many of those we treat are Vietnam veterans and their families. We see them frequently and also hold a quarterly family day event for veterans and their families. We would like some materials to present to them to honor them for their service and sacrifice.

we are not having an event but are in need of 200 Vietnam Veteran pins to hand out to the Vietnam Veteran clients that we see in our office each day. We ran out of the lapel pins 2 weeks ago and I could not figure out how to order them thru you. If you have questions please call me or e-mail me. Thank you

The Department's Secretary and staff pin vietnam veterans at various community events held throughout the year

The EC-47 History Site Commemorative Partner Program committee here in San Angelo, Texas, has started an outreach program to senior living communities in the Concho Valley. Our first program was reported in our Park Plaza after action report. We are assembling information packets about the Commemoration that our committee organizations can present to facility managers and activity directors as a way to educate them about the program and as encouragement for them to invite us in to conduct a professional Commemoration recognition program.

Program on the Vietnam War and the day to day of a common soldier and a tea (Light Lunch).

As the St. Clair County Department of Veterans Affairs Outreach Coordinator, I meet with Vietnam veterans and their families daily, and will present the applicable pins and certificates as they come to my office.

In Nov we will have a speaker on the Vietnam War and honor any veterans who come with pins. We will be honoring them via pins and a light lunch in May.

The pinning ceremony is conducted by military veterans and includes the national anthem, pledge of allegiance, pinning of the Vietnam veteran, pinning of the veteran's spouse when applicable, presentation of a certificate, and a final salute.

This is a continuation of our previous event and we need to restock our supply

As a VSO I meet with veterans regularly, and I have given out most of my initial supply of 50 pins and certificates.

The Second Annual Quilts of Valor Display in the prestigious Rock Hill Rotunda is open to the public. Last year, an estimated 3,000 attended and over 500 were Vietnam veterans. This year (2019) an estimated 5,000 will attend with over 750 Vietnam veterans expected. The Commemoration pins will be presented to Vietnam Veterans who attend this display and to those who attend the Awards Ceremony on November 17th.

This is an Annual Community Veteran's Day Commemoration sponsored in part by the Chester County Disable Veterans Group. The event is held in their County War Memorial Building. Other veteran's organizations and City Officials will also be participating.

Reading of military history and to extend gratitude for service and recognition of all veterans in attendance and pinning of Vietnam War Era veterans.

The West Point Class of 1965 has lost 7 classmates this year. Of these 5 have been or will be interred at the West Point Cemetery, 1 at Arlington and 1 at Texas State Veterans Cemetery. The class wants to present Surviving Spouse Lapel pins to the widows of these classmates at internment or through a local classmate for those widows whose spouse is already interred. We would like to have a reserve of at least 10 additional pins for future widows of classmates

Annual appreciation breakfast to honor veterans and their spouses. Veterans and spouses will receive free breakfast and a star cut from an actual American flag.Vietnam veterans will be recognized and honored with the Vietnam veteran commemorative pin. Spouses will receive the spouse pin.

Traveling Southern, IN Honoring our Country's Veterans at different Walmarts and other stores in the region.

Planning a flag raising at a local nursing home for Patriots day. Pinning's are completed throughout the year for our veterans.

Area Vietnam Veterans will be honored with Lapel Pins and certificates along with Honor Quilts made by a local quilt group.

Resupply of materials for upcoming Veterans Day Parade and VVA Chapter 945 recruitment.

There are three upcoming presentations scheduled, 8/25, 10/3 and 11/11. Veterans are presented with a personalized quilt from Omaha Quilts of Valor and then with DAR's Certifificate of Appreciation and a Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin from the chapter. It is a formal ceremony that opens with the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem, and closes with a prayer. It is respectful and well appreciated by all in attendance.

LaCygne Elementary School Lunch for Veterans and Program Mound City Veterans Day Event

Existing Events - Did Not Receive Sufficient Supply of Proclamations and Fact Sheets to Accompany Previously Issued Pins

Appreciation breakfast for veterans followed by a special program and presentation. Attended by entire student body K-12, faculty, staff, guests, veterans, and open to general public.

Presentation of Lapel Pin to members of VVA at chapter meetings and community events. Will include family members as appropriate.

The 3 Marines above present the lapel pin at any and all events that are attended to qualified Veterans. We have run out of the lapel pins

Presented at Memorial Hall, the Veterans Services Office and prior to and during Veterans Day activities. Vietnam Veterans and family members will be honored. Lapel pins will be presented to the Vietnam Veterans, while family members will be asked to stand and be recognized.

Each day we have several Vietnam Veterans visit our museum. Our visitors come from across the country since we are centrally located in the Midwest. Every Vietnam Vet who visits our museum is presented with a NVMM Certificate of Honor by a senior staff member. We also want to present the Vietnam War lapel pins to further recognize and honor their service.

Veterans Day Program. Give recognition to Vietnam Veterans and pass out pins

We present pins and certificates at our chapter meetings each month and at the VA hospital in Portland on a monthly basis. We also make these presentations at meetings of other veteran organizations such as the American Legion and VFW.

Commemorative Vietnam War Table with gift on display and for handouts of Lapel Pins, brochures, Proclamation from the President of the U.S., bumper stickers and pins for family members.

After awarding their Quilt of Valor we award the pin. Then will recognize any family members who qualify

We have a VFW post near our meeting location and many of their members are Vietnam Veterans. We will arrange to meet with them or their leaders to identify these veterans and make sure they have been recognized. We also will recognize a chapter member who was a nurse during this period as well as family members of our chapter members.

Following the DVA program in the WA State Capitol Rotunda guests will gather at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Each of the 1,124 names on the wall will be read over a loudspeaker by DAR members. A short program will include a reading of Gov. Inslee's proclamation, DAR or Boy Scout color guard with pledge of allegiance, and military band. Following the program, each Vietnam Veteran or family member of the MIA or deceased will be called forward and presented with their pin and certificate. The ceremony will close with prayer by our DAR or Ft. Lewis Chaplin.

Area veterans organizations will gather for a Veterans Day ceremony. There will be a Missing Veterans ceremony followed by a few speeches. We will then have all the service organization parade in the gym and Pass in Review before a Board of their Peers. The ceremony will have some additional music followed by Taps to end the ceremony. Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 would like to be on hand to present Vietnam Veterans Lapel Pins. We expect between 75 to 100 Vietnam War veterans.

Pinning ceremony as part of the Field Band's themed Army Story Program. Soldiers from the Army Field Band will join audience to honor veterans with narration to accompany. Pins also available after the performances in lobby space.

Presentation to Spouse of Vietnam Veteran for his service , along with a acknowledgment to the Vietnam Veterans present for their service.

We will be individually pinning veterans of the Vietnam War and their families on Veterans Day at Hines UAH. We will also be honoring other veterans and their families on that day as well.

we present this pins at events that pop up sontaneously, at bedsides of ill VN veterans and at larger planned ceremonies.

This is a weekly group that gets together on Tuesday mornings. We have been having "pinning ceremonies" at each session. Our Vietnam Veterans have been getting pinned each Tuesday and new Vietnam Veterans/family members have been in attendance. The HOHP Honor Guard has a "pinning ceremony" process that is in place.

Breakfast for Veterans by the School Staff and Students. Veterans honored on their walk to the Gym by the students. All branches and veterans are recognized in the gym by staff and special speaker. Vietnam Veterans will be presented the Vietnam Lapel Pin.

Community Pinning Ceremony as part of Veterans Day dinner & Golf Outing

Ongoing

As we travel Western Kentucky we will be honoring our Vietnam Veterans, talking with them and their families

Veterans Day Program with a special emphasis on Vietnam Veterans and their families.

Three day events at the National World War I Museum will host the travelling Vietnam exhibit until Memorial Day 2020.

During the many Veterans Day Ceremonies we will Honor Vietnam Veterans, Welcome them Home, and Thank them for their Service. Presenting the Vietnam lapel pin and Certificate.

General Aylward helped to connect us. We will be serving Vietnam veterans in our area and look forward to implementing this program. We will be honoring veterans in nursing homes and other facilities.

Breakfast, vendor fair and speaker

Annual Veterans Day Open House at the Museum with pin presentations here, at the VA Medical Center Hospice , Nursing Home and Dialysis Ward as well as the Hospice Memorial Service

The new President General has requested materials to provide to veterans and Surviving Spouses to Daughters that visit the DAR headquarters in Washington, D.C. She will also use them in her travels around the country.

Moore County Department of Veterans Services Open House Moore County Veterans Day Event Moore County Sandhills Vet Fest

Annual indoor Veterans Day Ceremony. Ceremony begins at 1PM. Recognition of all Vietnam period veterans and other veterans in the audience. Reading of the 68 Vietnam War Fallen Hero names that are on the Versace Memorial. Identification of Gold Star family members. Presentation of Gold Star family Certificates of Honor. Presentation of Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pins to Vietnam Veterans in the audience. Wreath laying at statue of Vietnam War POW/MIA and Medal of Honor recipient CPT "Rocky" Versace. "Taps" sounded. Patriotic music played. "God Bless America" sung.

Dinner at American Legion Step forward say their name and present certificate & pin

The Traveling Vietnam Wall is set up into the different counties within the state for Vietnam Vets and Families can come see and do rubbings, and be honored, along with the local community

We will be distributing lapel pins as well as Congressional Certificate of Recognition.

Veterans Club conducts periodic ‘memorial’ events for deceased members families. At the end of a ‘flag’ ceremony, surviving spouses are presented a Certificate of Honor and pin.

We have already done many large- and small-scale presentations to veterans during the 2015-17 timeframe. However, from time to time we get one-off requests to provide a lapel pin and certificate and to make presentation to an individual veteran at retirement home, etc. We have been able to borrow a pin from other Partners in the past, but at this time we need to request our own supply of 5 veteran lapel pins. This will allow us to present lapel pin to 4 more veterans as the need arises (and to "pay back" someone we borrowed a pin from).

We will be celebrating all Veterans on Veterans Day! Our event will consist of presenting Veterans with flags, certificates and pins. Our Vietnams Veterans will be presented with pins, certificates, presidential proclamation letters, and information provided by the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration.

Our number of Vietnam veterans to be honored this year has increased. We also would like to honor their families with the tin pins which we did not consider earlier. We under estimated the need at the beginning of the year.

We will have a book discussion group using anthologies created by the museum on the 4th Sunday of the month through December 2019.

GDVS Central Office (Atlanta) will promote the of the Defense Department’s Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemorative program at vendor fairs and other events with the assistance of the GDVS personnel from across the state of Georgia.

Individual honors and occasional group honors at local veterans' posts

Brunch Hand out pins and certificates

Celebration of vets starting at 10 AM to 3 PM at the post with lunch served

Sterling City's Tribute to Veterans program honors city and county veterans who served in all branches of the the U.S. military from World War II to the present. Student parents and community residents are invited to attend the annual program hosted by the elementary through high school students in the Sterling City Independent School District campus auditorium. The program includes a PowerPoint slideshow highlighting photos and achievements of the county veterans, a guest speaker, and a by name tribute to attending veterans and family members. Special attention is given to the Vietnam War veterans and surviving spouses through presentations of the Commemoration provided lapel pins and Certificates of Honor. The EC-47 History Site Commemorative Partner Program committee has expanded this tribute by presenting locally designed lapel pins and certificates to all other veterans and surviving spouses. This will be the first public presentation of the new pins. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.

Veterans from Vietnam will be pinned and welcomed home at legion meeting, at veterans day, at AUSA CINC award ceremony.

To honor veterans and their families Vietnam Veterans will be pinned and those in attendance will be offered brochures, stickers, etc.

Preparing for upcoming Veterans Day event and future events

1. To honor Vietnam Veterans 2. To highlight the Commemorative Program to all in attendance

The Vietnam Veterans and others will be given a private tour of the Pentagon including a tour of the Vietnam Corridor and the Pentagon Memorial. During the tour Vietnam Veterans will be recognized in the Vietnam War Corridor.

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at the National Mall in Washington DC will be erected and open to the public 24 hours a day to honor the veterans who gave their life during the Vietnam War. There will be an opening and closing ceremonies along with morning and evening ceremonies daily. The event is free and open to the public along with a welcome center open to all. Attached please find a commemorative events request form for the City of Sanford and Seminole County, Florida for an event titled “The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall”. The event is taking place over four days from November 8th through November 11th, 2019. Please expedite shipment of requested materials. Thank you, Jerry Jerry Sullivan Recreation Manager Parks and Recreation Department 300 N. Park Avenue Sanford, FL 32771-1244 Caution-www.sanfordfl.gov < Caution-http://www.sanfordfl.gov/ > Phone: 407.688.5120 Option 6

Ongoing support to Arlington National Cemetery to recognize Vietnam Veteran Surviving Spouses.

Patriot Guard Missions at Funerals and other Missions. The pins are distributed through the Guard Captains and presented in a most dignified manner at funerals but also when they are on other Veteran related events.Leslie Tuttle had always ordered these through Crossroads Hospice and had a long term relation with the organization. Recently the organization had gone a different direction and since Leslie had always been recognizing VVA 243 on orders she is now continuing the mission through us directly. just wanted to clarify

Go Forth Elementary will hold a Veterans Day Breakfast in the school gym to honor all veterans with special recognition for Vietnam Veterans. A member of the Colonel Thomas Hughart Chapter NSDAR will make some brief remarks with special acknowledgment to Vietnam Era Veterans for their inspiring courage and patriotic service November 11, 2019. We hope to be able to give each a lapel pin, bumper sticker and a copy of the presidential proclamation (just President Trump's since he made this law). This is an opportunity for the families of these veterans to personally see their relative honored for serving in the military of United States of America.

This will be part of the Veterans Club Annual Pancake Breakfast. There will be patriotic music by the Singers of Anthem Ranch choir. Medals and certificates will be presented by Daughters of the American Revolution members from Mount Rosa Chapter and Arapahoe Chapter plus a couple of former DAR members from other chapters and other states who are now residents of Anthem Ranch. The breakfast and ceremony will take place in the Aspen Lodge multipurpose rooms. Each veteran will be called up in alphabetical order. A short blurb about his service will be read and then he will be presented with a pin and certificate. Widows of Vietnam Era Veterans will also be honored with a pin and certificate.

Free meal for Veterans and a guest. Recognition of Vietnam Veterans in attendance Moment of Silence for those that have Passed

The American Legion Auxillary hosts a free community breakfast for all veterans and family members from 7-9AM on Veterans Day at the Rochester Community House. Stoney Creek Chapter, NSDAR provides the table decorations and helps serve the breakfast. All Vietnam era veterans will be presented with a pin.

Annual Erie County Veterans Day Ceremony were all veterans in attendance are recognized by war period and peacetime service. Those Vietnam War veterans and families that meet all eligibility dates for active duty service will be awarded the Commemorative Pin and accompanied materials.

Veterans Day honoring Vietnam Vets in Dorchester County sponsored by the Dorchester County Historical Society County MD.

Presentation to spouses of Vietnam Veterans for their service, along with a acknowledgment to the Vietnam Veterans and VFW guests present for

We have a welcome home Vietnam room for all vets to sign our wall, get a free WAA shirt and hat, and pin & proclamation.

We will use the buttons to promote the program at our events

Lunch, Entertainment, Quilts of Valor, Certificates and pins.

Individual Pinning Ceremonies

MCL meetings

Hosting a Veteran's Breakfast. Will have Congresswoman pin Lapel on Vietnam vets.

14th District Fall Conference: Meeting of Veterans Leadership from several states to discuss Veterans issues, including important legislation for Vietnam Veterans. Memorabilia will be on display from Vietnam era Veterans, and Vietnam Commemorative items will be given to eligible Veterans. Veterans Day: Public Event to honor Veterans. Following event a Volunteer Luncheon will be held at DAV Headquarters featuring many Vietnam Veterans. Memorabilia and Commemorative items will be on display, and given out.

Senator Capito is making an effort to recognize any Vietnam Veterans who have not yet received their commemoration pin. She hopes to host a ceremony for all interested Veterans and their families.

To honor Vietnam Veteran residents of the Tribute at One Loudoun Assisted Living/ Memory Care Community. The Vietnam Veterans, families, and friends in the community will be invited by invitation and distribution of flyers by the community prior to the event. Veterans and their families will be interviewed in advance to hear their stories and obtain any medals of honor, photos, etc. that they wish to have on display at the event. Families will be appropriately awarded spouses pins, etc., if applicable at the event. Additional Lapel Pins will be on hand in case we are informed of a Vietnam Veteran or family member that is in attendance that should be honored. The Vietnam Veterans will be honored on November 11, 2019 with a certificate, a Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin, The Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin Symbolism document, and a special hand made patriotic gift along with a warm "Thank You for their sacrifice and service from a grateful nation". The appropriate music selections, National Anthem, readings and poems will be utilized at the event. Families, Vietnam Veterans and staff will be encouraged in advance to participate in any of the activities before, during or after the event. Light snacks, desserts, and beverages will be provided. Photos will be taken of the honored Vietnam Veterans and their families at the event by the MEDICAL TEAM with prior Photo release documentation permission. Event will be decorated in the appropriate patriotic theme and the American Flag, The Vietnam Veteran Commemoration Flag, and the Presidential Proclamation will be properly displayed.

Northeast El Paso Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony I would like to extend an invitation to participate in our Annual Northeast El Paso Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony being held on Veterans Day - Sunday November 11, 2019. 9:00 A.M. Parade line up at the corner of Stahala Drive and Hondo Pass Drive. 10:00 A.M. Parade begins on Stahala Drive to Diana Drive on to "Old Glory Memorial" Flag site at 9550 Gateway North Blvd. Parade will be composed of 1st Armored Division of Ft. Bliss, Texas. Parade will also include local Veteran and Community Organizations and High School Bands. 10:45 A.M. Veterans Day Ceremony will commence following the Veterans Day Parade. Contact Susie Rosales at (915) 216-9031 if you wish to participate in Veterans Day Parade. Susie Rosales, Public Relations El Paso Texas Flags Across America (915) 216-9031 susana121012@yahoo.com cc: Randy Carothers, President El Paso Texas Flags Across America

Hello Mr. Ramos, Thank you for reaching out to Field of Valor. We thank you for your service to our wonderful Country! This is Field of Valor's 8th year flying over 2,000 flags, and honoring our Veterans. We do not have a typical stand down. We celebrate our veterans. The VA will be on site with their services and outreach staff. We would love to honor our Vietnam Veterans. We would have an estimated 30 -50 Vietnam Veterans at this event, including the mayor of West Covina! You can call me at 626-332-2978 office or 626-831-3062 cell. The shipping address is 370 E. Rowland Street, Covina, CA 91723 I look forward to hearing back from you. Linda Logan

Marine Corps Birthday Luncheon, Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Tulsa Veterans Day Breakfast and Parade

Vietnam Veretans and Surviving Spouse of Vietnam Veterans will be registered and presented with appropriate pins and presented individually with certificates and other Commemoration Materials. Certificates will be printed onsite to facilitate presentation and eliminate need for postage

To recognize and honor Veterans. Chapter members will personally greet each veteran and thank them and their families for their service

After Huntsville Veterans Day Parade, NAVHPA will honor Vietnam Veterans (50) and present a Surviving Spouse Lapel Pin and Certificate to Vietnam veteran widow.

Recognition of Vietnam Veterans traveling on Honor Flights, being flown on American Airlines.

Dedication and Honoring all Vietnam Veterans after Veterans Day Parade, all are invited.

Pancake breakfast with program featuring guest speaker CSM Joe Gainey, US Army (Retired), the first Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC). Pin presentation to all Vietnam Veterans who attend.

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We will be visiting several facilities as well as individual homes to present veterans with gifts of appreciation and to thank them for their service on Veterans Day. We would like to be able to offer special items from your organization to Vietnam veterans and their family members in particular. We do not have exact numbers on how many Vietnam veterans we will encounter.

Color Guard and Ceremony with the student body. Local speaker to thank the Veterans for their service.

Handing out of materials to Vietnam veterans and their families/friends on several scheduled days.

The EC-47 History Site CPP committee is supporting two Commemoration events on Veteran's Day. Both events are at senior living facilities within San Angelo and will include patriotic music, snacks and refreshments, posting of the Colors, welcoming remarks by community leaders, a 50th Vietnam War Commemoration video, and presentation of lapel pins and certificates to Vietnam veterans and surviving spouses of Vietnam veterans. The EC-47 CPP committee has also designed all-services lapel pins and certificates that will be presented to veterans and surviving spouses from all other periods of service. These ceremonies are a continuation of our 2019 outreach program.

Nashville VA Regional Office will be conducting Town Halls over the next few months and will recognize Vietnam Veterans and their families during these events.

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Our keynote speaker is a Vietnam Veteran US Army helicopter pilot; each Vietnam Veteran will be introduced, presented with a Lapel Pin & Vietnam Veteran 50th Anniversary Cap (purchased from the VFW Store), offered an opportunity to comment (if desired), and 4-6 of the Vietnam Veterans will be presented with a Quilt of Valor.

The town of Gate City holds an annual Veterans Day program to honor our communities veterans, active military and families to include Gold Star Families in an outdoor military type ceremony. Various groups lay wreaths around the flagpole. Lunch is served following the ceremony.

We will honor Vietnam and Vietnam era veterans and widows of Vietnam veterans by presenting pins. We will honor them in Palmer, MA and in Holland MA. to remember their service as we celebrate Veterans Day

Toys for Tots sets up booths at various stores, and we fly the VN 50th flag and present pins to VN Veterans who come by. We have done this for the last three years and it is our best opportunity besides going to the local vet center and participating in parades to "fly the flag". We also explain that as vets involved with Toys for Tots we honor all our veterans not just their children. We do one on one presentations. The response has been awesome. We also make presentations in restaurants by asking for attention and explaining who we are and our intention to honor VN veterans, Response is always enthusiastic and positive. More often than not the vets recognized have their meals paid, anonymously.

There will be a video honoring all of the veterans we served who have passed away in the last year, as well as a speaker and the presentation of lapel pins to any veteran who served during the Vietnam War.

Lapel Pins will be from Vietnam Commemoration and certificates from Wabash Chapter NSDAR to thank the veterans for their service to our country

The 11th Annual Veterans Day Assembly will provide a luncheon and live music and ceremony for all veterans! The assembly will be Monday, November 11th at 2pm. We are very excited to let you know that Mission BBQ will again be providing lunch starting at 1pm. During the ceremony, all eras of veterans will be honored saving the Vietnam Veterans for the end. The commemorative pinning ceremony will wrap up the honoring, with their family members and other veterans pinning them to welcome them home as their names are also read. We also want to announce that Churchville Middle School has been recognized as a 2019 National Veterans Day Regional Site by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We are the only regional site in the state of Illinois and the only school to receive this designation in the country! Below is the VA description of this designation. "The Veterans Day National Committee recognizes select Veterans Day observances throughout the country that represent fitting tributes to America’s heroes serve as models for other communities to follow in planning their own observances." https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

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GEN (Ret.) Neal participates in events where he has the opportunity to recognize and thank Vietnam Veterans and their families. Requesting to have materials on hand to support these events.

Veterans Day Parade Vietnam Veterans and their families are invited for a special honor and to present the 50th Anniversary Commemoration Pin to Vietnam Era Veterans.

Holiday Luncheon at the VA Coliseum in November for Veterans. We will be giving out the Vietnam Veterans Lapel Pins.

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We will be hosting several veterans-pinning events in the Central Washington area and require supplies to be sent to our remote office there.

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Vitas Healthcare has Veterans Day Programs in 84 different ALF & LTC facilities from 11/9 thru 11/15 We have 25 Chaplains other than myself pinning the Vietnam Veterans residents at these facilities. this is a great opportunity because many of their family members attend and there are also employee's that work at these facilities that may Vietnam veterans.I am also going to local churches in under-served communities to Pin Vietnam veterans.

This is the largest Veterans Day Parade in Los Angeles County and honors all veterans and active duty personnel. I have participated in this event for more than a decade and the participants are overwhelmingly Vietnam vets who we will approach.

Our chapter will host a breakfast at the East Main Street Church of Christ Annex in Murfreesboro TN, and following the meal and social time, will present the Vietnam-era Veterans attending with Commemoration lapel pins and the DAR Certificate honoring and thanking them for their service. From there those who wish to may attend the Rutherford County TN Court House Veterans Day memorial ceremony which takes place at 11:00 o'clock. The Court House is just a short distance away from the Church Annex. We have been in contact with our local Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter (not Commemorative Partner) as well as Murfreesboro-area veterans known to us personally, many of whom are spouses of our DAR chapter members.

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In addition to honoring our patients for their service to our country, we will be thanking our Vietnam Veteran patients for sacrifices made during the Vietnam War era. There are a number of patients who have never been recognized or thanked, and our dedicated group of volunteers, who are veterans themselves conduct meaningful presentations to the patient and their family. This also creates a time for the patient to share stories and conduct life review which is critical at end-of-life. Many times, the family has never heard these stories and now have a meaningful memory to hold and the patient is now leaving a legacy that will live long after.

Joe Galloway will deliver Veteran's Day keynote address to audience at Jet Blue Park in Ft Meyer Florida, then H&L will record OHIs for the remainder of the week at Guerrilla Media in Naples, FL. H&L team will record oral history interviews to thank and honor Vietnam veterans. Accessioning the video-recorded interview into the Library of Congress Veteran's History Project records each veteran's legacy for posterity.

We greet the Vietnam Veterans, along with Veterans from other wars, on Fridays during the year. The Veterans meet at the food court at Costco in Brentwood, TN every Friday from 11:00 until about 1:00. There are usually between 40-50 Veterans there every week -- and many are Vietnam Veterans. Most of the Veterans attending wear hats depicting their branch of service and the related wars. Members of Travellers Rest Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, thank them for their service and present the Vietnam Veterans pins to those in attendance who qualify.

The ceremony will start with presentation of the flags. ROTC will preform the flag raising. Next Introduce ourselves and the purpose of the presentation. Next each Veteran will be presented individual with his branch, title and a little story of his time spent in serving our Country. Each will be presented with a pin by Ian Uber, His rank is Lieutenant Commander. He is a doctor in the Navy’s Medical Corps. Also doing Bickford in Suffolk that morning. There are about 7 Vietnam Veterans and other Veterans that we will be pinning. The active duty Navy volunteer is Clifford Kelly. Will will be doing the dame presentation twice that day. Also may be planning smaller ones at the bed sides the entire month of November ensuring that all that served in the Vietnam war get the comm. pin. The event will finish off the a light meal for the officers and their families. The speech will be mainly from the literature from the web site. A photographer has been assigned to gather pictures for the event as well as for the families. Pinning is done in a ceremony fashion with each Veteran receiving our thanks and a salute. WE hope this ceremony is meaningful to all. The entire facility will be decorated to celebrate the event and programs are being made. Both Ceremonies are to take place Veterans day. Cedar Manor assistant Living Heartland Hospice Military Personnel- Ian Uber Bickford of Suffolk 6860 Harbour View Blvd. Suffolk Va. 23435 Military Personnel- Clifford Kelley The families have been sent invitations and the community has been invited as well. We will be receiving media coverage through flyers distributed in the community. As well as, Facebook of the facilities as well as Heartland Hospice Facebook page.We may be reaching out to community partners to assist with ceremony. WE are coming up on Veterans day so, we plan on doing multiple events and bed side pinning to help our Veterans. WE truly hope this is a great event that lets the Veterans we care. Thks

Vietnam Veterans will be pinned in private and semi private ceremonies with Congressman Chris Pappas.

I see about 10 to 15 Vietnam Veterans a Month in my office plus I have a 4 events a year

This event is presented by Marvin United Methodist Church. Eighty-four veterans and their spouses plus 12 widows of veterans are n=invited to this recognition luncheon. In addition to lunch a speaker will pay tribute to the service rendered by the veterans. Vietnam Veteran Lapel pins will be presented to those who qualify.

Ceremony with music, guest speakers, aircraft fly over

Vietnam Veterans will receive Lapel Pin, Spouse of Decased Vietnam Veterans will receive special Lapel Pin

Veterans' Day parade is followed by a Veterans' and Vietnam War Commemoration ceremony. Vietnam war veterans and their families are publicly identified and thanked for their service and sacrifices. Commemorative pins and information are then presented to the veterans at the community event.

They will be recognized and if possible given quilts of honor, if not possible they will be given at the next monthly meeting.

Coordinating with different VHA program areas to provide them with materials that will be used at their ongoing outreach events. Vietnam Veterans (and family members in some cases) will be provided pins at events taking place in conjunction with other program's outreach meetings. Pin presentations also may take place on an individual basis.

Ceremony will begin with a flag raising from Boy Scouts of America Troop 311 and performance of the national anthem. Guests from the community including City of San Antonio commissioners will make brief statements and readings honoring those in the community who served in all branches of the armed forces. Vietnam commemorative pins will be presented to Vietnam veterans in attendance, as well as being passed out at City Hall prior to the event. Musical performances by the choir at Saint Anthony Catholic School is also anticipated.

Veterans' Day Service for all Veterans. Would like to pass out pins to veterans. Elementary schools invited.

Presenting Commemorative Materials to family of Deceased Vietnam Veteran

Rep. Underwood invites veterans from the 14th District of Illinois who served during the Vietnam War Period to be honored at an upcoming pinning ceremony. The Vietnam War 50th Commemoration Pinning Ceremony will take place Sunday, November 10, 2019 from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the McHenry VFW Post 4600 located at 3002 West IL-120 McHenry, IL 60051. The Vietnam Veteran Pinning Ceremony is one small way to thank and honor our veterans’ service and sacrifice. As part of the ceremony, Vietnam War Period veterans will be recognized with a Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin and Certificate of Honor. If you or someone you know served during the Vietnam War Period, please consider applying to be honored at this ceremony or a future ceremony. To qualify, a veteran must have served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the period of November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of duty location. There is no distinction between veterans who served in-country, in-theater, or who were stationed elsewhere during this period. Veterans may be honored posthumously, and their families may accept the honor on their behalf.

Continued recognition of Surviving Spouse

Formal Ceremony celebrating Veterans conducted by Juniors and Senior honoring all veterans and our chapter will honor Vietnam Veterans!

We are hosting a free Veterans Day dinner to all veterans in the county. Each Vietnam Veteran in attendance will be honored and recognized by giving them a pin (and additional commemorative papers) and putting their name on a large bulletin board for the event.

Two events in the Orange County park and Durham County VA Hospital. Bedside pinning will occur at the Durham County VA Hospital

The Uvalde de las Encinas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will partner with American Legion Post 479 to present a Veterans Day Program at the Uvalde County Fairplex on November 11, 2019. The chapter will register all veterans and guests. Each veteran will be given a gift bag of goodies and a red ribbon badge. Our Regent and chaplain will be on the program We will be presenting materials provided by the Commemorative Partner program. The Texas Veterans Commission is providing a Vietnam 50th Commemoration book to all Vietnam Veterans who attend. After the program, a lunch will be served to all who attend. The event will fulfill Objective One to thank and honor Vietnam War Veterans and their families for their service to our country

We will be honoring all Veterans and Vietnam Veterans at Quail Park in Gilbert, AZ. Our ceremony will include a Flag Salute, The National Anthem, a speaker, and a pinning and certificate ceremony. Vietnam Veterans will receive lapel pins, presidential proclamation letters, bumper stickers and brochures.

We will recognize each veteran individually with their name, years of service, branch, and rank.

Our POTUS proclaimed November 2019 National Veterans and Military Families Month. We have done and will do more events honoring them and their families.

We will be pinning all Vietnam Veterans at their bed side that are on Hospice. Because these Veterans to are too sick to attend a event we must go to their bed side. Since starting this program all of families are approaching up about pinning their loved ones before they pass. I have add to add more people as fellow partners to accommodate all the request. The have done the training to ensure that the process is done correctly. The pinning's so far have been very meaningful and eventful. The ceremonies have included uniformed officers, flag presentations, flag parades to the persons room and a stories of their time spent in the war. Some good, some bad. The Vietnam Veterans mostly love to talk about their time with their mates, the near death experiences, the follow soldiers lost and the missions that did. I also am running into Vietnam Veterans widows, family of POW's and missing in action. I am a partner with the " We honor Veterans" and the Vietnam Pinning is just an added bonus. We have been able to expand our community partners and impact in the community. We are accumulating a list of all those Vietnam Veterans that served between the dates noted. I have pictures but not all are included with permission for the web site. My next step is to try to achieve that so we are able to demonstrate the impact we are making with these Vietnam Veterans and their families. Nursing homes and hospice patients in Hampton roads area. Heartland Hospice has appr. 170 patients and we also are in most ass. living facilities in the area. Pictures are posted on facilities web site along with the families and Heartland Hospice. The problem is getting permission from the individuals to post pictures of themselves on the web sites.We are also incl sacrifices the soldiers made and psychological problems that arise with such combat such as PTSD and Moral Injury. We want to ensure our service is Veteran eccentric and the entire person is treated with respect and honor. Thank you

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Joe Ramos and Latrece' Daley visited VA Hospital in West Los Angeles (LTC(R) Corey Morrison), Los Angeles National Cemetery (Tom Ruck), CALVET Los Angeles Vet Home, CALVET Lancaster Vet Home, and Dept of VA Community Engagement & Reintegration Service (CERS) of Los Angeles.

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Veterans Day Ceremony Program I. Opening remarks – Mary Aker, District VI Director, NCSDAR, Smith-Bryan chapter II. The Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United State of America – III. Opening Prayer - IV. National Anthem - music V. National Anthem - song VI. Presentation on Veterans Day - VII. Poem “Freedom is not Free” – VIII. Missing Man Table - IX. Poem “Not Forgotten” – NSDAR X. Thankfulness- , NSDAR XI. Certificates and pin Ceremony- Certificates and pins are given out by members of all participating chapters. XII. Washington’s Words – NSDAR XIII. God Bless America- XIV. Transition – Mary Aker XV. Bingo. Refreshments, Thank you cards – NSDAR members of Asbury Station, Caswell Nash, Colonel Polk, John Penn, Davie Poplar, General Davie, General James Moore, Micajah Bullock, Rand’s Mill, Samuel Johnston, Shocco Creek, Smith-Bryan, Thomas Person, Warren, Yates Mill Chapters to serve refreshments and assist with Bingo. XVI. Recreation Therapist will call Bingo Mary Aker, District VI Director, Welcome to the 2020 Veterans Day Celebration. I am delighted to be here in the capacity of District VI Director and member of the Smith-Bryan chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Thank you for coming. We are here to honor you, our veterans! Together, we represent 16 Chapters in the largest district of the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution with 1400 members. We especially want to recognize the service, valor and sacrifice that each of you made with honor as you served our country. We pay tribute to those of you who answered our Country’s call and to your family who awaited your safe return. For your service to this wonderful country we are deeply grateful and indebted. You are who makes us strong. In addition, today we honor the families of the 58,000 American Patriots who paid the ultimate sacrifice. We are reminded on this anniversary that we as Americans must always stand united to support our troops placed in harm’s way - for our freedom is not free. We understand that each veteran is important to the whole thus, we thank every veteran here before us for their service in keeping us free and great. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Opening Prayer (Page 65 DAR Missal) – Nancy Saul O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come. We praise You for Your presence with us today and with those who served our country on foreign shores in time of war. We give special thanks for American heroes who from our beginning as a nation have paid the supreme sacrifice. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for those to whom we owe so much. Help us to show our appreciation by loving our country, by supporting its Constitution, by obeying its laws and by respecting its Flag. As we gather today may we not take our freedoms lightly, including even this right to gather as a group and the privilege to pray together. Make us aware of those in other countries who struggle for food, shelter, even for life itself. As we go our separate ways, give us grateful hearts for our wonderful heritage. Help us to realize our responsibility to keep the fires of patriotism glowing brightly. Lord God of Host Be with us yet Lest we forget Lest we forget. Amen. The National Anthem – Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight' O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? History of Veterans Day. - Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower officially changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. I t is a day for honoring military veterans, any person who has served in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day should be a celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for our freedoms. For all our war troubles throughout history, we have depended on our soldiers to keep our country safe and free. For those who have served in the military, Veterans Day means freedom, sacrifice, and honor. It is up to every American to remember our veterans, share their stories, and support them. Freedom Is Not Free by Kelly Strong – I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young Marine saluted it, and then he stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He'd stand out in any crowd. I thought, how many men like him Had fallen through the years? How many died on foreign soil? How many mothers' tears? How many pilots' planes shot down? How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? No, Freedom is not free. I heard the sound of taps one night, When everything was still. I listened to the bugler play And felt a sudden chill. I wondered just how many times that taps had meant "Amen" When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend. I thought of all the children, of the mothers and the wives, Of fathers, sons and husbands with interrupted lives. I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves in Arlington. No, Freedom isn't free!!

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This was part of the Anthem Ranch Community Association's Veterans Day Program. It consisted of a catered breakfast, a flag ceremony by Resident Veterans, patriotic songs sung by the Singers of Anthem Ranch and then the presentation of certificates and lapel pins by members of Mount Rosa Chapter, NSDAR and Arapahoe Chapter,NSDAR. Each veteran was called to the front and a short description of his or her service was read by the DAR members. Other DAR members presented a flag, the Flag Code, the certificate The Vietnam Veterans Lapel Pin Fact Sheets and,of course the lapel pin. 62 veterans where honored, 83 responded but not all were able to attend. In addition 11 spouses of deceased Vietnam Veterans were also honored with pins and certificates. All veterans, widows and DAR members are residents of Anthem Ranch. The event was a lot of work on my part but was a success. I am still getting complements about it. We would like to do it again at a Veterans Club meeting because not all of the veterans and spouses were able to attend.

I consistently honor our Vietnam Veterans and present them with pins acknowledging their service to our country. Many times its one person at a time as they come in. I have spoke at Legions and VFW's inviting Veterans to come to my office and get recognized. As far as the stickers I am out of as I let the folks help themselves. It is my intention to order more in the future. I also keep the proclamation visible in my office.

Honored and thanked hospice patients who are Vietnam War veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice during the Vietnam War era. Patients were all either home or bed bound with limited life expectancy and unable to attend public recognition events. For each patient - played service song, read and presented framed proclamation, presented Vietnam Veteran lapel pin and read fact sheet about design of pin. Saluted Vietnam War Veteran and thanked them for their service to their country and their respective service. For many, this was both the first time they were thanked for their service, for all it was the last as they all passed soon after the recognition. Several of the Vietnam veteran patients were not aware of the event, instead, it was primarily for the families and they were very appreciative. I have seen the Veteran label pin on the deceased at several funeral services and the framed proclamation prominently displayed. I believe the VWC program is a very worthwhile and meaningful program and I know it has made a difference to the Vietnam veterans and families I have had to privilege to recognize and thank.

The project was an extraordinary success as students, in cooperation with faculty and national and local veterans' organizations, worked collaboratively to bring the Moving Wall to Ponaganset and serve as visitor guides. Students, parents and community leaders assisted visitors finding names, making rubbings, answering questions about the Vietnam Memorial and the experience. In the weeks prior to the Wall's arrival students conducted historical research, constructed the foundation and developed an extraordinary museum that focused on the Vietnam War. It boasted a large collection of uniforms, letters and artifacts along with 42 panels each exploring a specific episode of Ken Burn's film, The Vietnam War. The Moving Wall itself attracted thousands of residents, veterans and inquisitive visitors to the site. What worked best is that students learned given they were truly engaged in the topic. This project met the two overarching objectives - 1) hosting the Moving Wall and 2) developing an archive of oral histories. The project provided students with an opportunity to explore, debate, discuss, examine, defend, and experiment with concepts and skills they are learning. This multidisciplinary project provided an extraordinary opportunity to deliver in-depth instruction, inspire young minds to become enthusiastic learners, and united the larger community in a single endeavor. One fascinating task that resulted from the project was breaking students into small groups to write, produce and record the radio commercials that aired between August 29th and November 4th, 2018. This resulted in not only creating a hallmark publicity campaign but afforded them the opportunity to work with professionals in the marketing, sales and radio industry. The materials and manufacturing class designed and fabricated an large steel cauldron with the POW / MIA logo that was floated in the pond adjacent to the high school - the "Flames of Freedom".

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During the ceremony, veterans present were honored by the students and staff. Four Vietnam Veterans were presented with the commemorative pin and a DAR certificate of honor.

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Yes it was a success. We were able to seek membership. Some materials were given to the people we get our funds from. See Veterans Magazine Dated Mar-Apr 2020, pg 30. We gave out everything and needed more lapel pins and bumper stickers.

Vietnam veterans and surviving spouse will be presented with lapel pins

All veterans are honored shortly after admission to Stein Hospice Services. All are presented with a certificate of appreciation, a fleece blanket with the military service branch emblem and a We Honor Veterans lapel pin. Vietnam War veterans are also pinned with the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration Lapel Pin. In conjuction with Veterans Day, we provided special Veterans Day ceremonies at 38 Long Term Care facilities and Community Senor Centers. Vietnam War veterans were pinned and given both Presidential Proclamations, VVLP Fact Sheet, "I Served" sticker and Family Member pins.

During the first two weeks of November U.S. Secret Service recognizes all veterans and active duty members in various ways. This year for our Vietnam Veteran recognition we updated our Vietnam Veteran Recognition intranet page to include historical facts found on the Vietnam War Commemoration website. The page also contains current and former USSS employee names who served during the Vietnam era.

American Legion Post 115 sponsored an event to welcome and honor Vietnam Veterans, their Color Guard presented the National Colors followed by a pinning ceremony where 44 veterans received their commemoration pin. Respectfully, Lou Calleja Chairman

They rode on floats and Trucks, were given candy and Flags

Our office has completed and mailed 103 commemorative packets with lapel pins to veterans in our congressional district. The program with a link to the application is advertised on our website: https://kuster.house.gov/vietnam-veterans-50th-anniversary-pin-program/

As part of the program I was able to present pins on the stage to several Vietnam Veterans. I then presented pins at my Table, setup in the Atrium of the theater.