World War I Veterans will be honored during First Colors, a 90-minute virtual, free broadcast 10 a.m. Eastern April 16. Actor Gary Sinise hosts the inaugural flag raising at the Memorial site and virtual program, held only online at https://firstcolors.worldwar1centennial.org/.
VA hospitals across America will be celebrating Veterans Day November 11 with a wide variety of events and ceremonies. Here are just a few. Learn more about Veterans Day History.
“I call upon all citizens to observe November 11 as Veterans Day. Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of those who fought so valiantly to preserve our heritage of freedom.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Theodore Edward Beach, who served with a Howitzer battery in France during World War I.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Sidney Everett “Ebie” Kornegay, who died in combat Nov. 1, 1918, 10 days before the World War I armistice.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Sidney Bovey, who served as pilot during World War I and invented the Bovey pyramid spark plug.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Joseph Keller, who served as an automatic rifleman during the Battle of Belleau Wood.
World War I marked the fourth time Congress declared war, but became the first time America instituted a draft. The "Great War" also created a new series of benefits for Veterans--some that exist in different forms today.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leo Joseph Bailey, who escorted enemy prisoners of war in France during World War I.
The Hello Girls were female telephone operators during WWI. This is their 60-year battle for federal recognition of their wartime contribution.
VA commemorates African American History Month. Col. Joseph Henry Ward, M.D., was VA’s first African American hospital director. He was director of the Veterans Bureau's hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Arthur Roland Keller, who served in a WWI machine gun battalion at the Battle of Soissons.
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