YES, Memorial Day you are celebrating who risked their lifes in war protecting your homeland, whether they are theree now or have died in action, veteran's day is just celebrating a bunch of old dudes who didnt die
More than likely, many veterans are in wheelchairs, confirm with their website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
The official name of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. is the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial." It is also referred to as "the Wall." The figures of the servicemen by the Wall are called "The Three Servicemen." The memorial is different than most war memorials. It is not a memorial to the war but is a memorial to all who served in Vietnam, both dead and those still living.
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 proclaimed Waterloo as the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1866, 88 years before Veterans Day began in 1954.
* Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the total length of the Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters) * Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memoria
their knowledge is worth more than gold!
The Veterans Association according to statistics have paid out more than 6 billion dollars out in loans for veterans and their families in obligations to the Veterans.
The National World War II Memorial, which opened in 2004, honors the 16 million members of the U.S. armed forces who served during World War II, the more than 400,000 soldiers who died, and the civilians who worked at home to support the war effort.
More than millions are killed in one year!
With more than 1.4 million members, Disabled American Veterans is an organization of disabled veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families. Visit their website: www.dav.org.
Definitely! I think that we should remember our veteran's on all days not just Memorial, Veteran's day and 4th of July. Afterall veterans serve selflessly to ensure your freedoms and that is an amazing gift that has been given to each of us (even the vets) from the current vets and the vets that have died before us
The National Mall is a national park in Washington D.C. with wide-open area for people to walk through and enjoy nature and just relax, even though it has "Mall" doesn't mean its a shopping center.
I'm just guessing but maybe the Vietnam war memorial