Veterans

“So Long as there are Veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.”


A veteran is someone who,
at one point in his/her life wrote a blank check
Made payable to “The United States of America ”
for an amount of “up to and including their life”

May 8th        V-E Day Declared 1945
May 15th      Armed Forces Day
May 30-31   Memorial Day and Observed
Jun 6th.        D-Day  Allied Invasion of Europe
Jun 14th       Flag Day, US Army Founded 1775
Jul 4th          Independance Day
Jul 27th        End of Korean War 1953
Jul 28th        World War I 1914
Aug 4th        US Coast Guard Birthday
Aug 7th         Purple Heart Medal 1782
Sep 2nd        VJ DAy WWII 1945 Japan’s Formal Surrender 1945
Oct 7th          War on Terror Began 2001
Oct 13th        US Navy Birthday, 1775
Nov 10th       US Marine Corps Birthday, 1775
Nov 11th        Veterans Day      WW I Armistice 1918
Dec 7th           Pearl Harbor Day 1941
Dec 8th          War declared on Japan 1941
Dec  31st        Official End of WW II 1946
Feb 12th        Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb 22nd       Washington’s Birthday