Over the past few
days, United States veterans who have served in the armed forces were
honored during Veterans Day events. It coincided with other countries
marking Armistice Day or Remembrance day (Poppy Day), when in the 11th
hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice between the allied
nations and Germany in 1918 effectively ended World War I. -- Lloyd Young ( 37 photos total)
Kevin
Palmer of Goshen, Ct., holds Michele Mathews on his shoulders as she
makes a rubbing of where Palmer's uncle, Douglas Palmer's name is
inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial the day after Veterans Day on
Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C. Douglas Palmer died in 1966 while serving
in the Navy in Vietnam. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The
day after Veterans Day, a man pauses between rows of headstones at
Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 12 in Arlington, Va. The federal
government observed Veterans Day by giving employees Monday off from
work. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Military
veterans sit an listen to a Veterans Day tribute ceremony at
Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, N.J., on Nov. 11 where they
received their high school diplomas they didn't get since they left
school to serve in the military. (Matt Smith/The Express-Times via
Associated Press)
World
War II veteran Michael Arbinni, right, who fought in the Battle of the
Bulge and the Normandy invasion looks on as US Army Specialists John
Laursen, left, and Bryson Vea from the 10th Mountain Division based at
Fort Drum, N.Y., volunteer on Veterans Day to clear debris from
Arbinni's two side-by-side homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on Staten
Island on Nov. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
A
World War II veteran takes part in the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11
in New York City. Former Mayor Ed Koch is the grand marshal for the
parade, which expects to draw thousands of spectators and is the
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War.
(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
A woman holds up a "Thank You" sign during the Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
Priscilla
Eclarinal pays her respects to her father's grave at the start of the
annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Memphis National Cemetery in
Memphis, Tenn., on Nov. 11. Her father, Chief Petty Officer Teofilo
Eclarinal, served for 30 years in the US Navy fighting in both WWII and
Korea. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal via Associated Press)
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Members
of the Taylor American Legion Post 306 roll up flags after the
unveiling of a Memorial Garden of the Unknown at Taylor Memorial
Cemetery in Taylor, Pa., on Nov. 11. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Scranton
Times-Tribune via Associated Press)
Staff
Sergeant Harold Williams surprised his son, Adrian, a fifth grade
student during a Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 9 at Schwartz Elementary
School in Oklahoma City. Harold Williams has been stationed in Germany
with the US Army and recently returned there from duty in Iraq. (Jim
Beckel/The Oklahoman via Associated Press)
The
Terre Haute South Vigo High School Army Junior ROTC is reflected in a
downtown Terre Haute window as they pass by in the Veterans Day parade
on Nov. 11. (Jim Avelis/Tribune-Star via Associated Press)
A
visitor looks at names of the fallen on the Armed Forces Memorial
during Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day commemorations at the
National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England, Nov. 11.
(Darren Staples/Reuters)
Before
the Veterans Day ceremony at Fort George Wright Cemetery in Spokane,
Wash., Master Sergeant Jason Young from Fairchild Air Force Base, with
his son, Cooper, place American flags next to gravestones of US military
veterans on Nov. 11. (Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via Associated
Press)
A
shaft of sunlight falls on a floral tribute at The National Arboretum
during the remembrance service on Nov. 11 in Alrewas, England. The
Armed Forces Memorial, is the UK's tribute to the men and women who have
been killed on duty or as a result of terrorist action since 1948.
Their names are inscribed on the giant Portland stone walls. The obelisk
is specifically dedicated to those who have died while in service. The
Armed Forces Memorial has been designed to allow a shaft of sunlight to
fall across the sculpted wreath on the central stone on Armistice Day at
precisely 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th month, the time when
fighting formally stopped in World War I. (Christopher Furlong/Getty
Images)
Poppies are pinned to the trunk of a tree at The National Arboretum
during the remembrance service on Nov. 11 in Alrewas, England.
(Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
People
visit the military Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest British war cemetery
in the world, in Passendale, Western Belgium on Nov. 11 during Armistice
Day, marking the 94th anniversary of the end of World War I. Some
12,000 war casualties from 1914-18 are buried in this site while over
8,300 remain unidentified. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)
Austin
Wolk,left, and Richard Bolando both from West Babylon, N.Y., hold
pictures of World War II veterans as they wait to march up New York's
Fifth Avenue in the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11. (Tina
Fineberg/Associated Press)
Parade
participants representing The Wounded Warriors Project carry the
American flag, made in South Boston, Va., on Nov. 11 in New York City.
(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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Spectators
attend the Veteran's Day Parade on Nov.11 in New York City. Former
Mayor Ed Koch is the grand marshal for the parade, which expects to draw
thousands of spectators and is the commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War. (Michael Loccisano/Getty
Images)
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A
woman on roller skates holds an American flag as she goes up Fifth
Avenue during the Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11.
(Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
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Veterans
gather with staff from the VA and active duty military to celebrate
during the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 12 in downtown Memphis, Tenn.
High School JROTC units, bands, and Memphis area vets gathered in full
military regalia to mark the holiday with a short march down 2nd St.
(Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal via Associated Press)
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Honor
Guards from each branch of the military walk in formation away from the
Tomb of the Unknowns on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery.
Numerous events are underway across the country to honor the nation's
current and former service members. (Lexey Swall/Getty Images)
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A
single rose lays on the headstone of a fallen serviceman on Veterans
Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 11. (Lexey Swall/Getty
Images)
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Tilden
Career Community Academy High School Army Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (JROTC) students march in the Chicago Veterans Day
Parade on Nov. 12. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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University
of Memphis NROTC Midshipmen from left: Charles Allen, Brandon McAuley
and Drew O'Brien take a Veterans Day motivational run one step further
with pull-ups before the school's annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov.
12 in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal via Associated
Press)
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Citizens
of the southern French town of Nice wearing "Poilu" or French World War
I infantry uniforms, parade on the Promenade des Anglais during an
Armistice Day ceremony in Nice, France. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the
truce that ended the fighting in World War I and for remembering the
more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. (Lionel
Cironneau/Associated Press)
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Fans
of the Seattle Seahawks hold cards honoring military veterans prior to
the game against the New York Jets at CenturyLink Field on Nov. 11.
(Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
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New
England Patriots linebacker Jermaine Cunningham holds up his gloves,
which sport the words "Salute to Service" in honor of Veterans Day.
(Stephan Savoia/Associated Press)
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Robert
Garcia, 54, watches as a squandron of World War II era Condor planes
fly over the 9th Annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade on Nov.
11. Robert was in the US Marine Corps from 1979 to 1983. (Gary
Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Associated Press)
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Georgia
Garcia holds a picture of her daughter, Petty Officer 1st Class Estella
Marie Garcia, as she looks up at the US flag and recites the pledge of
allegiance on Nov. 10 during a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park in
Corpus Christi, Texas. The ceremony was held to commemorate the brick
plaza featuring names of veterans from the neighborhood and to honor all
who served their country for Veterans Day. (Michael Zamora/Corpus
Chrisit Caller-Times via Associated Press)
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Mike
Hoover, with American Legion Post 568, stands at attention on Nov. 11
during a Veterans Day Salute held at the Lincoln Township Cemetery, in
Stevensville, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via Associated
Press)
A
Filipino soldier walks along the aisle of a memorial hall, where names
of fallen US soldiers are recorded on the walls, before the start of
the annual Veterans Day celebration at the American Cemetery in Taguig
City, Manila. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
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President
Obama greets a grieving family member in Section 60, an area where
members of the US military who were killed in action in Iraq and
Afghanistan are buried, during Veterans Day observances at Arlington
National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 11. (Jonathan
Ernst/Reuters)
Captain
Jeff Cliffe, with the US Marine Corps, sits next to the grave of his
grandfather and grandmother on Veterans Day at Arlington National
Cemetery on Nov. 11. (Lexey Swall/Getty Images)
Luke
Cecil, 9, of Nash, Texas, salutes as members of the Arkansas High Air
Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps march down Broad Street
during the Veterans Day Parade in Texarkana, Ark., on Nov. 10. The
parade, with the theme, Support the Troops, Remember the Veterans, was
hosted by the Texarkana Area Veterans Council. (Adam Sacasa/Texarkana
Gazette via Associated Press)
Jeff
Whitney of Scranton, the stepfather of Lance Corporal Larry M. Johnson,
holds a memorial flag in his Johnson's honor during a Veterans Day
program at Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton, Pa., on Nov 11.
Johnson died during combat operations in Helmand province Afghanistan in
Feb., of 2010. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via Associated
Press)
Michelle
Cain grabs onto her husband, Corporal Lee Cain, as he returns home from
a nine-month-tour to Afghanistan on Nov. 12 at the Fort Carson Special
Events Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fort Carson celebrated Veterans
Day by welcoming back 250 soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division who were serving in Afghanistan since February.
(Michael Ciaglo/The Colorado Springs Gazette via Associated Press)
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