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Veterans Day in the US - 2025
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Joe Riley
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"In 1946, 38-year-old civic leader and WWII Navy veteran Raymond Weeks worked channels to get a message to Army Chief of Staff, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Because the US already had Memorial Day, he told Ike, we didn’t need another “Remembrance Day” on November 11. And given the distance world events had traveled since 1918, a federal holiday commemorating the WWI Armistice seemed beside the point. Why not, he argued, treat November 11 as a “National Veterans Day”?
Don Alaska
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I made a killing at the local Kroger affiliate this morning. They had a Seniors Day 10% discount AND a Military Veteran's Day 10% for vets. They gave us both, so I got almost 20% off many of the groceries we purchased. Our bill was ~$145 but we got a $95 discount after discounts and coupons. I never go to the restaurants for free meals because it is just too zooey. Anchorage businesses are giving things like free haircuts to vets there.