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To: Miss Didi

Vice President Dick Cheney, left, puts his hands on his chest as the bugler, right, plays Taps, during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in commemoration of the Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)








U.S. Navy sailor Clifford Mann Jr., of Detroit, salutes, as the colors are retired during a Veterans Day commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)


Arthur Smith, an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, living in Methuen, Mass., left, shakes hands with James McLaurin, of Weymouth, Mass., right, one of five surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen who were presented with Congressional Gold Medals during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Statehouse in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2007. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first group of black fighter pilots allowed into the U.S. Army Air Corps. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)


WW II veteran Murray Gaile, 84, of New York, listens during ceremonies before the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
WW II veteran Irving Ziffer, 89, of New York salutes during the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)




Honor guard members stand in formation beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, in Arlington, Va. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Dick Cheney. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)


A boy wearing medals holds hands with a veteran before they march during the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Armistice Day at Whitehall in central London November 11, 2007. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (BRITAIN)
16 posted on 11/11/2007 5:50:37 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Miss Didi
Across the pond...


Britain's Prince William attends the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Armistice Day at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in central London, November 11, 2007. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)


Britain's Prince William (L) and Prince Phillip salute as they attend the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in central London on Armistice Day November 11, 2007. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)


Britain's Prince William lays a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London, on Armistice Day during the National Remembrance ceremony Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)


Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lays a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London, on Armistice Day during the National Remembrance ceremony Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)


France's President Nicolas Sarkozy lays a wreath during the ceremony to commemorate Armistice Day at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris November 11, 2007. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE)
20 posted on 11/11/2007 5:52:49 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Miss Didi
On Wall St.:

Military Personnel, NYSE employees and guests observe a moment of silence in honor of the coming Veterans Day holiday on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/David Karp)






21 posted on 11/11/2007 5:53:34 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Miss Didi

I wonder if that little boy is wearing his father’s medals?


23 posted on 11/11/2007 5:53:51 PM PST by SuziQ
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