As a freshly (Jan '11) retired 2 service veteran (31 years), I will ponder the day quietly thinking about friends who passed long before their time. I will raise a glass to their memory and to thank those still serving. A good cigar would be mandatory.

God bless the U.S.A

I'll be working.

U.S. Army Retired (1973-2000)

Thanks, guys!

For what ever reason, where I have worked, I have always had the day off, I usually talk to a few friends around the country that were in VN at the same time as me, didn't see them there, they were Army, I was USMC, but we still have the same stories.

I'm taking my 85 year-old buddy to Applebee's for lunch on Friday. They provide free lunches to veterans and he'll really enjoy it!

Every day is a holiday for me. On this veteran's day, I'll do pretty much what I always do...be darned glad that this guy on the left and his buddies saw to it that I didn't have to learn German!

Dunno who that guy in the suit is....:D

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Some artwork that reminds us what Veteran's day is really about!
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I don't have Friday off. Wish I did. I would make about ten dozen cookies and take them down to the VA Domicilary.

I make awesome cookies, it would be cool to share.

angela

That is exactly the policy we had in our business. Only actual vets or the spouse of a vet. got the day off. And oddly enough, those that had to work that day never really complained (openly anyway).

I'll be doing what I do most every Friday with one exception. Exception being; Thanking those that have given us the freedom to live here in the great USA the way we do.
My regular Fridays are always days off. (4 day work week)
I usually go for a 4.5 mile hike with my wife followed up with coffee and catch up time while our girlie is at school. ;) Its the only day that I get to take my girl to school too. I love that!

I don't have the day off. I'll be at work trying to get our new dismounted counter-IED training system prepped for deployment at Quantico in Dec. We should have our rough cuts of video done tomorrow and we'll be testing our latest game/practice environment builds. Gonna be a busy next couple of weeks.

If we weren't knee-deep in production I'd take the day off and play gigs at the VA Hospital. Unfortunately I had to sub those out but I'll be there for some xmas shows.

You're the man.

kid sister komes for diner, we have st-martin's day here as well, old folklore, says he brings toys for the kids.. It's a bit like what you guys have with x-mas, but just for the kids. As i'm her godfather, she comes round to see what he brought..

And i'll probably go downtown Ypres , Ypres will be packed with Brits for the WW1 ceremonies..
crowds grow larger every year... it's crazy.. in the seventies and 80'ies the buglers often played weeks withou a single person to hear it, now it's jam packed every day, and 11-11 it's times 50 busy..

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Canada - Remembrance Day
 

Here in Canada it is called Remembrance Day - National holiday for everyone.

I will be out of town but I would normally be marching with our veterans down main street to the cenotaph. The crowd that comes out is always terrific - excellent support for our veterans.

I have the day off. I like to visit Bolin Park in downtown Phx with my son. This year, I hope my daughter can join, too. Maybe take in part of a parade, throw the baseball around, go for a nice run, then hoist a cold brew, bump the table top for those fallen and thank the Lord for the blessing of life.

USN 86-92

Hey Burkie61

I know you meant .. cenotaph. No matter. I too will be paying my respects to the veterans & current members of our armed forces.

JB

well, I don't have the day off, but I took today off to go to the Veteran's Day ceremony at the VA in Lake City to take a friend's uniform to him, since he didn't get to come home, and his Son's live in KY. If you are off, go to the Veteran's Day ceremony in your city of a local VA, it was a very moving experience..
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This guy was from Wounded Warriors, his story was very moving..
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The only thing I'm doing tomorrow is flying the flag, but this morning we had a large catered breakfast served by mangement for all our veterans at work, their families, and guests from the local VFW and other veterans groups.
Some of the guests gave speeches, The color guard lead us in ceremony, and at the end we donated $10k to the merchant marine veterans association, $2500 to the local VFW chapter, and $2500 to the SS lane victory preservation association.

The SS Lane Victory is a fully restored and functioning victory ship built in 1945 and is on display as museum in long beach harbor. IIRC it's the only WWII victory ship that is still sea worthy.

It's also where they filmed the engine scenes from sand pebbles and many other movies.
Welcome Aboard the S.S. Lane Victory

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:p Dude, they don't have IED's in Virginia, deploy that thing over to the middle east where it can do some good! :rolleyes: :p

finally, veterans day off
 

I was on Yankee Station in Nam in the mid 60's aboard a carrier. Made 3 cruises. In over 40 years of working, I had only 3 veterans days off when I worked at a bank. This year, at age 65, I am taking tomorrow off work. Will be doing that every year from now on. Life is way-y-y-y to short...