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The Concert for Valor. The Concert for Valor was a Veterans Day concert that took place on November 11, 2014, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The concert was arranged by HBO, with Chase, and Starbucks as major sponsors. [3]
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. [ b ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It began, and now coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day , which are commemorated in other countries ...
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act ( Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that moved permanently to a Monday two federal holidays in the United States – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and that made Columbus Day a federal holiday, also permanently on a Monday. This created long weekends with ...
Dave and Buster's: All Veterans Day Weekend, active and former military can choose a free entree up to $20 and get a $10 Power Card. Denny’s: With a valid military ID, ...
U.S. Pavement Services via Facebook It's not easy to be a veteran in the United States. Sure, we might honor our veterans with parades, bumper stickers, and high-profile concerts on HBO, but when ...
Annual US holiday falls on a Saturday this year. Stores all throughout America are putting out deals in place of Veterans this weekend, in honour of the annual holiday Veterans Day.. In 1926 ...
The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
Sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and named after Operation Dewey Canyon—two secret US military incursions into Cambodia and Laos—this anti-Vietnam War march included over 1,000 veterans camping on the National Mall and protests all over the city, including in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. John Kerry testifies in front of ...