Veterans Day Links

Learn more about Veterans Day by visiting these websites:

View photos from last year's New York City Veterans Day Parade.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/PHOTOS-NYC-Veterans-Day-2010-107296233.html

And view this year's parade live over the Internet. http://www.vetsday.org

View a Veterans Day video produced by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

Military youth across the nation have the chance to celebrate Veterans Day by fishing with their families, thanks to a partnership between the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation's (RBFF) Take Me Fishing campaign, the Sierra Club Water Sentinels, the National Military Fish & Wildlife Association (NMFWA) and Zebco, America's largest manufacturer of rods and reels. Since the Military Rods & Reels Program launched, 2,868 rods and reels have been distributed to 90 military bases in 30 states, benefitting more than 120,840 youth. Learn more here.

http://rbff.mediaroom.com/militaryrodsreelsnov11

 

Read and view videos and photo galleries about Veterans Day at History.com.
http://www.history.com/topics/history-of-veterans-day

See the Military.com special Veterans Day presentation on the Web.
http://www.military.com/veterans-day/

See how the World War II Museum in New Orleans plans to recognize Veterans Day.
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/

President Obama’s official Veterans Day proclamation.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/03/presidential-procl...

View a list of Veterans Day Regional Sites from VA.

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/regsites.asp

Get free, customizable ad materials from the Public Relations Division.

http://beta.legion.org/publications (scroll down to Public Relations Free Items)

And upload stories and photos of your post's Veterans Day observances to the Legiontown blog.

http://legiontown.legion.org/