Images: Veterans Day Around the Nation
Images of Veterans Day services around the United States Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Americans marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with parades, speeches and military discounts, while in Europe the holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I.
A member of the Daughters of the American Revolution holds a bundle of American flags to be passed out before a Veterans Day parade in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.
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The Marion High School JROTC Color Guard presents the colors during a Veterans Day ceremony in the school's Bill Green Athletic Arena in Marion, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.
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Army veteran John Spitznogle salutes as the American flag is marched past his position during a Veterans Day parade in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Spitznogle served in Korea.
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Retired U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran Larry Woodrome, orders a free lunch at Denny's, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Gilbert, Ariz. Denny's is giving away free lunches to military veterans on Veteran's Day.
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Bob Campos, a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, marches in the Veterans Day parade in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014.
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A giant flag in memory of the victims of the September 11 attacks is carried along 5th Avenue during the nation's oldest Veterans Day parade, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014 in New York.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, center, pays tribute to Chicago Alderman James Balcer, left, during a Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago. Balcer, served as a member of the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War where he earned numerous awards including one Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, D-Ill. speaks at a Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago.
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From back left, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, D-Ill. Chicago Mayor Rham Emanuel, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn stand during the national anthem at a Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, pays tribute to Chicago Alderman James Balcer, during a Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago. Balcer, served as a member of the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War where he earned numerous awards including one Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts.
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Illinois Gov. Elect Bruce Rauner, speaks to the media after a Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago. The event drew the state's top elected officials including Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who made his first public appearance since conceding the election to the Republican Rauner.
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Karen Bowie, from right, Diane Hurst and Hurst's granddaughter, Ella Royal walk along one of the flag lined roads as they make their way to the Veterans Day service at Shenandoah Memorial Park, just south of Winchester, Va., Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014. Both Bowie and Hurst's fathers are U.S. military veterans.
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From the left; Fan Wang of China, Luis Martinez, a Marine originally from Dominican Republic, Webton Webley, of Jamaica, Diego Perez Varela, of El Salvador and U.S. Army soldier Alma Lopez Oliveros, of Mexico, become citizens during a special naturalization ceremony marking Veterans Day, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014, in Durham, N.C.
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Members of The United States Naval Academy sing prior to a Veterans Day commemoration Ceremony at Soldier Field Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Chicago.
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Sam Day, who served with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, poses for a photograph during a ceremony to commemoration of the Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia.
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Sophia Salazar, 5, waves a flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at Pier Plaza, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Gary George, retired U.S. Air Force flight engineer, attends the Arkansas Veterans Day ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. George served in the 1950's, 60's and 70's on C-130 crews.
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U.S. Army veteran Ian Ryan, left, of Dennis, Mass., and former U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. John Affuso, of Boston, right, carry an OutVets banner while marching with a group representing LGBT military veterans during a Veterans Day parade, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Boston. It was the first time a group representing LGBT military veterans marched in the parade.
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Katie Baylett, 9, grasps onto a folded flag as heavy snow falls after a Veterans Day memorial service for her father, retired Special Forces soldier Randall Baylett, 45, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Memorial Park Veterans Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo. Baylett, who passed on Friday, Nov. 7, retired from the Army after 22 years and multiple deployments including Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Al Willis, a Montford Point Marine, salutes during a ceremony on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. Americans marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with parades, speeches and military discounts, while in Europe the holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I.
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Marina Elena Delgado, left, with her daughter Cindy Normandin, visits the grave site of her husband, a veteran of the Air Force, at Fort San Houston National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in San Antonio.
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Navy veteran Donald Williams bows his head during a moment of silence during a ceremony on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia.
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Spectators wait with flags and cameras along Fifth Avenue during Veterans Day parade, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014 in New York.
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A woman knees at a headstone after placing an American flag and cross at Fort San Houston National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in San Antonio.
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Retired US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne waves to a fellow veteran as he watches a Veterans Day parade in downtown Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Mills was wounded in action by an IED in Afghanistan becoming the 4th of 5 quadruple U.S. service amputees in the war in Afghanistan.
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Riders portray "Buffalo Soldiers," during a Veterans Day parade in downtown Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Buffalo Soldiers were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed in 1866.
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Retired Navy Capt. Mary Lou Wassel, a Navy nurse, is reflected in Through the Wall of Memory, glass etched with the names of fallen Virginia soldiers, while taking a photograph during Veterans Day ceremonies at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.
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World War II Army veteran Leon Major attends the Arkansas Veterans Day Ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.
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Army veteran Renee Anderson salutes during a ceremony on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. Americans marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with parades, speeches and military discounts, while in Europe the holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I.
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U.S. Army World War II and Korean War veteran Robert Bukofske, 85, right, walks with his neighbor Roberto Rodriguez through the tombstones at Marietta National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. "It gives you an awful feeling, it's a lot to think about," says Bukofske. "There's a lot of memories and history and something many people today don't think about."
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Willie Morse, seated, talks to Jeannie Browning-Hester, president & CEO of Browning Funeral Home, about his time is WWII after eating breakfast during the annual Veterans Day Breakfast on the tank deck of the USS LST 325 in Evansville, Ind. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. For the eighth year Browning Funeral Home was underwriting the breakfast. Morse served in Gen. Patton's Army during World War II. His unit was known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
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A large crowd fills a portion of the tank deck during the annual Veterans Day Breakfast aboard the USS LST 325 in Evansville, Ind. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. For the eighth year Browning Funeral Home was underwriting the breakfast.
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Soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., drive a military vehicle past tourist shops during the Veterans Day parade Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Bexar County Buffalo Soldiers take part in a Veterans Day ceremony at the San Antonio National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in San Antonio.
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