The guns fell silent 94 years ago today. The long nightmare that was the First World War was over. Artist Rachel Holding marked the occasion by making this wreath out of toy soldiers and a single plastic poppy.Link -via...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/11/On-Remembrance-Day/[youtube 5Td4xzS6r2E](Video Link)On August 2, 1956, Albert Woolson died at an age estimated between 105 and 109. He was the last Union veteran of the American Civil War and probably the last veteran from either side of t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/25/Video-of-the-Last-Veteran-of-the-American-Civil-War/
Roman Baca became a ballet dancer after high sch... ...ough performance on behalf of a new generation of veterans . He now holds workshops for veterans and schoolchildren in both the U.S. and Iraq. Rea...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/07/A-Marines-Return-to-Ballet/
Veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with Post... ...in Injuries. That's bad enough, but the number of veterans suffering from back injuries is much bigger. VA s... ...Inroe's estimate — that 70 percent of returning veterans have moderate to severe back problems...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/17/back-problems-in-veterans/(Video Link) Though he was only fourteen year... ...ork City. Watch the funeral procession, featuring veterans from the Civil War and Spanish-American War, move...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/27/the-funeral-for-the-last-american-veteran-of-the-war-of-1812/
A lot of veterans are down on their luck today, and Steve Austin is... ...tten to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Dear Veterans Administration: I am at the end of my ro...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/19/the-six-million-dollar-mans-letter-to-the-va/
Mental_floss is marking 11/11/11 by posting lists... ...osting lists of 11 things all day long! It's also Veterans Day, so what better time to learn about some hero...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/11/11-women-warriors-of-world-war-ii/
Many businesses will be offering free stuff or dis... ...esses will be offering free stuff or discounts to veterans and active duty military on Friday the 11th - Veterans Day. If you are, or know a veteran, don't let the... ...s Americana Restaurant will offer free burgers to veterans...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/10/gifts-for-veterans/(video link) This clip, recorded in the 1930s,... ...recorded in the 1930s, features Confederate Army veterans demonstrating the "rebel yell." It is part of the... ...Congress' collection of rare footage of Civil War veterans committed to film before they passed on. Smithson...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/02/civil-war-veterans/
Members of the Army's 84th Infantry Division who s... ...s. Every year there are fewer survivors among the veterans , who are mostly in their late 80s. Marie McDonald... .... About 700 showed up. Last year, only about 100 veterans attended, quite a few of them in wheelchairs. Tha...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/26/world-war-ii-vets-gather-in-st-louis-for-final-reunion/
