Honor & Remembrance Headlines

Recovering U.S. troops in Germany invited to follow “In the Footsteps of the 82nd Airborne Division” with veterans, historians and military re-enactors.

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Posts encouraged to honor the 70th anniversary of the Four Chaplains’ heroic acts.

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Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army liberated the city of Pilzen, Czech Republic, in the spring of 1945. During the 60th-anniversary commemoration, the city elected to remember Patton with a foundation stone. But the statue of Patton was canceled by the city of Pilzen because the builder, Jaroslav Bocker, had collaborated with Communist secret police during the Cold War.

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Recipients of the nation's highest military award hold each other in the highest of regard – and view each other as brothers.

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Medal of Honor recipients at Legion’s Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball say they don’t wear the medal for themselves.

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Longtime NBC news anchor, a special guest at the Legion's Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball, praises the 'selfless' sacrifices of Medal of Honor recipients.

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Proposed Act follows Legion resolution to outlaw lying for financial gain.

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President Obama has signed into law legislation authorizing restoration of the Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines, as favored by a Legion resolution.

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“Salute to Freedom” ceremony Saturday can be viewed live online as museum opens Boeing Center, one step in an expansion program that continues through 2016.

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Clemson’s Daniel Rodriguez, injured during the attack on Combat Outpost Keating, wins the Discover Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award.

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