Veterans only in the first hour come eastern time zones call 2027488000. Mountain or pacific time zone, 2027488001. If you would like to post a comment at social media, cspanwj is the twitter handle and post a comment on facebook. Com cspan. There is the front page of the wall street journal. A simple photo, a day to honor those who served. An Army Sergeant of chandler arizona visiting a great at the Arlington National cemetery in virginia. They point out today commemorations around the country will pay tribute to those who have served the u. S. Armed forces. The front page of the wall street journal. President trump who is overseas was in vietnam yesterday and spoke briefly about veterans, thanking them and talked about the Veterans Administration. Sident trump we will get to the video of the president in a moment once we get it loaded up. Facts about veterans day from ,ne of the alabama publications they talk about the fact that there are 6. 7 million vietnam era veterans and 2016, 7
Was a veterans day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in washington, d. C. Speakers included former defense secretary and vietnam veteran chuck hagel interior secretary ryan zinke and the designer of the memorial, maya lin. From the national mall, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Ill be your master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The others, fathers wives siblings spouses nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Those are the fo
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im jim knotts, the president and c. E. O. Of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be our master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the to welcome you to the ceremony atans day the wall. Before we begin, i would like to recognize all of the gold star have with uss we here today. Wives,hers, fathers, siblings, spouses, nieces, andews, and the sons daughters. All those who have experienced knowoss of a loved one and all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still theirg for the return of loved ones, who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the jackets. And the staff of the vietnam for all Memorial Fund they do year around to honor veterans and preserve the memorial. They truly pu
[background chatter] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am jim knotts, the president and ceo of the veterans vietnam fund, and i will be the master of ceremonies today. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the goldstar family members we have with us today. The mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces,. Ephews, and sons and daughters all of those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and no all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. Waitinglly, to those for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [applause] jim knotts i would also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. They are in the yellow jackets. And the staff from the Memorial Fund that they do all year round. They truly put everything they have to making the experience of every visitor at the wall as meaningful as it can be