Category archives: Veterans
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- As a veteran myself, I wanted to share a little history about the founding of Veterans Day, as well as ways we can recognize our veterans today and every day.
It was a World War II veteran, Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, who had the idea to expand Armistice (or Remembrance) Day to celebrate all veterans, no[...]
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- Veteran's Day is always a bittersweet day for me. I am grateful for our veterans who have served, and I am thankful for the opportunity I had to serve in the US Army. I also recognize the sacrifices that families of veterans have made over the years. You who have waited for your soldiers to come home from a duty stat[...]
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- Today, I blogged at Operation: Love Reunited about what it means to be one of their photographers.
Having been a member for almost 10 years and a blogger for them this past year, we see and hear fascinating stories about military life.
As a photographer and an Army veteran, I am grateful to do my small part to sa[...]
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- Every Veteran’s Day, I receive the sweetest phone call. It’s from my mother who rings to wish me a Happy Veterans’ Day. My husband is also the second sweetest of these greetings. He unfailingly recognizes my service as a veteran. I was still serving when he and I met and started dating, and I think wearing that unif[...]
