Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Jocelyn: What is the Veterans Center Initiative Grant Program? The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program is a collaborative partnership between Student Veterans of America and the Home Depot Foundation. Together, they donate money through grants to create welcoming and furnished spaces in colleges for student veterans. They provide financial support for furniture, technology and even moving into larger areas with more room. The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program has built or improved…

Veterans play an important role in society today and the history of not only America as a whole, but the people who live in it. They have earned us our freedom and our rights, and even continue to help even after leaving the battlefield, whether by actively playing a role in their community or going on living the lives they earned for America. Having no veterans would signify no victorious battles or even fights to begin with. The veterans that America celebrates show that America stood and…

Although 100 years apart, both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy helped to heal a divided nation through moving and inspiring speeches that vigorously employed literary devices. Lincoln grew up in the country, with nothing more than a second-grade education to carry him through, having to make his own way in life; Kennedy grew up as the son of a rich stockbroker and politician private schools before attending Harvard and traveling the world, and yet, they both became two of the best presidents…

President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, only seven-minutes long, enthralled the American public. President Lincoln’s captivating speech, presented on March 4, 1865 in Washington D.C., became the unifying force to rebuilding the nation which had previously been torn apart by a civil war. The purpose of the speech was for the nation to march forward in unity; to achieve this goal, Lincoln utilized rhetorical elements such as figurative language, diction, syntax, persuasive appeals,…

La Grange Fire Departments own Firefighter/Paramedic James Baum was the keynote speaker. James Baum, is a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II (2003-2004) and in South Korea as a member of the 8th Army United Nations Command Honor Guard (2005-2006). After completing his service he then studied to become a firefighter Paramedic. James served previously with Sugar Grove and Wheaton Fire Departments before joining the La Grange Fire Department in 2010.…

Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. This study examines the educational and preferences of some current military and veteran students regarding their viewpoints of outside support toward their education, university support, classroom experiences and preferences, views of instructors and student interactions and perceptions of being a military student. For many of these veteran students, their individual combat experiences have been linked to profound effects on these students ability on…

Period 4 22 February 2016 Government policies for Military Veterans Our government sometimes does many things for our military veterans that may make life easier on them or reward them for their actions. However, there are also some issues with these benefits or the lack of there of. Some veterans struggle to make it by when they get out of the military. This paper will elaborate on what the government does or fails to do for military veterans. Some of these policies may include VA benefits…

by a group of veterans in Roanoke, Virginia (Who We Serve, n.d.). The WWP Founders wanted to create an organization that catered to and represented the veterans who fought in war as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks (Who We Serve, n.d.). The WWP has locations in the United States, which include Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, California, Florida, Tennessee, New York, Arizona, Texas, Washington, and Washington, D.C. (General WWP FAQs, n.d.). The WWP is designed to help veterans who have…

the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV), there are still more than 50,000 veterans who are homeless every night and…

Although veterans go to war to fight for the United States’ independence, they are not always treated with the respect and honor they deserve or given the help they need after returning home. When veterans come home after war, they bring a lot of baggage with them. The way society treats veterans and the kind of medical or mental treatment they receive will help them to deal with that baggage and learn how to adapt to society. Unfortunately, over time, the way people in society have treated…