Servicemembers render honors
(right) at a ceremony in Iraq. Sailors
march in a 2008 Veterans Day pa-
rade in San Diego (below).
B. Kelso II, USN-Ret., former chief
of naval operations. Veterans Day ob-
servances will include a color guard
competition, followed by a memorial
service at Birmingham’s Cathedral
Church of the Advent. A world peace
luncheon will be held in the morning,
followed by the city’s parade.
Larger events might get most of the
press coverage, but in cities and towns
of all sizes, Americans show grati-
tude to veterans in their own ways.
In Orlando, Fla., retired Navy veteran
Debbe King saw an opportunity to
honor veterans in a smaller, but no
less important, way. “I convinced my has been decorated for the Library of Diego long has enjoyed a signifi cant
company to dedicate an airbrushed Congress’ Veterans History Project military presence and is home to one-
bus each year to salute veterans,” says and another one promotes Memorial third of the U.S. Navy’s Pacifi c Fleet.
King, who works for LYNX, the public Day at the request of the White House With its rich military history, you
transit agency in Orlando. “We unveil Commission on Remembrance. would think the nation’s sixth-largest
it on or just before Veterans Day.” city would have an impressive Veter-
The program has been so suc- San Diego’s sea change ans Day record. Unfortunately, that
cessful, King reports, that a bus also On the other side of the country, San is not the case. [CONTINUES ON PAGE 82]
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