Honoring Our Veterans

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Honoring Our Veterans

• Project Challenge
• November 2006

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President Lincoln

• Inspired the motto of the Veterans Administration
• To care for him who shall have borne the battle
  and for his widow and orphan.

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Who is a Veteran? 

• Veterans are people who served in the military
  (U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and
  Coast Guard) in times of war or peace.

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A Veteran I Know
Brenda said that her son was in the navy and
that he had a bad injury. Just to let you know he
got shot in the knee and the elbow. The very next
day he was in the hospital and still in the navy.
A couple months later he was back in action.
-Written by Cindy
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These Are The Veterans I Know

• Johnny
• My great uncle Salvador
• My great grandfather Gilbert
• Vince
• -Ricky

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Veterans Day

• On a Veterans Day we thank and honor those who
  served in the military. Veterans Day is observed
  on November 11th of each year.

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• Veterans Day was formerly known as Armistice
  Day, to commemorate the end of World War I in
  1918.

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• On Veterans Day we remember the men and women
  of our Armed Forces who have come together to
  fight for our country. Theyve defended America
  when our borders, our people and our way of life
  have been threatened.

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This day reminds us to care for those who served
in our nations defense and the families of those
killed in its service.
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VA History

• 1789 A law was passed to give money to soldiers
  who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
• 1862 President Lincoln started national
  cemeteries. This was to honor the many Union dead
  from the Civil War.

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VA History

• 1865 President Lincoln asked Congress to care
  for him who shall have borne the battle and for
  his widow, and his orphan.

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VA History

• 1944 A lot of people were hurt and killed in
  World War II. On June 22, 1944, President
  Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights. This
  helped veterans go to college and buy a home.

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Veterans Health Administration

• Did you know that the Veterans Health
  Administration (VHA) is the largest health care
  system in the United States?
• VHA gives first class health care to our
  veterans.

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Did you know this about veterans?

• Of the 25 million living veterans, most (75
  percent) served during a war or an official
  period of hostility.

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Proper Display of Flag

• Display of the American flag is usually from
  sunrise to sunset.
• The flag should be displayed daily on or near the
  main building of every public place and during
  school days in or near every schoolhouse.

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Proper Display of Flag Pt 2

• Flags are flown at half-staff to show grief for
  lives lost.
• When two or more flags are flown from the same
  pole, the American flag must be on top.

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Technology

• The VA uses a lot of technology. All patient
  charts are on the computer. VA uses special bar
  codes to be sure there are no mix-ups when
  patients get their pills in the hospital.
  Veterans get their medicines mailed right to
  their homes. This is called the computerized mail
  out pharmacy.

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Technology

• Have you heard of Telemedicine?Telemedicine
  uses special equipment and computers. It allows
  people miles away from each other to talk
  face-to-face. This helps veterans who might not
  be able to travel far to see a special doctor. VA
  uses satellite shows to train staff. 

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• "We see soldiers as serious and gray-haired.
  But most of them were boys when they died, and
  they gave up two lives, the one they were living
  and the one they would have lived. When they
  died, they gave up their chance to be husbands
  and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their
  chance to be revered old men. They gave up
  everything for our country, for us. And all we
  can do is remember."
• - Ronald Reagan

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We borrowed lots of information
fromwww.va.gov/kids
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Project Challenge 2006

• Cindy
• Jessica
• Ricky
• Erick
• Chris
• Tyson
• Manuel