MyVapeJuice.com VETERANS DAY Post A Patriotic Picture CONTEST

[opal]

I'm married to a disabled vet..he'd rather not have his picture posted but this is one of the patches on his wheelchair

 

[GLRogerss]

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[Yeah_its_me]

These are awesome and inspiring. Thank you to everyone that is participating. I am going to close this contest tomorrow evening so if anyone had holiday plans they can still enter.

Thanks and God Bless America and those who protect her!

 

[thehangdude]

I am going to close this contest tomorrow evening so if anyone had holiday plans they can still enter.

Does that mean we can post three more tomorrow?

 

[danimal40]

thanks for the contest......and THANKS to all our Vets

 

[spacekitty]

#2

This is from the dedication ceremony of a Memorial in a park nearby...
aptly named Veteran's Park!!

And the man standing on the left in this one was one of my neighbors,
John Simpson, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago...

 

[Yeah_its_me]

Noooooooooooooooooo silly

Does that mean we can post three more tomorrow?

 

[Lauralie]

 

[Lauralie]

Looking out east end of the house.......I know I could have gone outside, but it just caught me one morning how I get to look at that every day.

And when we camp we always raise the flag no matter where we are - this was looking up at it

 

[morri]

To All who serve to preserve and hold the Freedom of America,

Thank You, from my heart.

Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade
for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son,
who was killed in the Korean War.












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you guys have touched me so with all the beautiful tributes and photos. thank for this... so wonderful.

 

[morri]

 

[morri]

history.... from Wikipedia

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."[2]

The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies.[2] A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday: "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'."

In 1945, WWII veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the "Father of Veterans Day."

U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.[3]

Congress amended this act on June 1, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since.[4][5]

The National Veterans Award, created in 1954, also started in Birmingham. Congressman Rees of Kansas was honored in Alabama as the first recipient of the award for his support offering legislation to make Veterans Day a federal holiday, which marked nine years of effort by Raymond Weeks. Weeks conceived the idea in 1945, petitioned Gen. Eisenhower in 1946, and led the first Veterans Day celebration in 1947 (keeping the official name Armistice Day until Veterans Day was legal in 1954).

Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11. While the legal holiday remains on November 11, if that date happens to be on a Saturday or Sunday, then organizations that formally observe the holiday will normally be closed on the adjacent Friday or Monday, respectively.

 

[Yeah_its_me]

OK I am gonna end this contest at around 9:00 PM EST so get your entries in and good luck. This has been an VERY Inspiring Contest. Thanks Everyone

 

[spacekitty]

#3

I've always loved this photo... a tender moment in the middle of war time...

(bet you were all wondering how I was gonna get a cat in this thread... )


Thank you for doing a Contest like this!!

 

[Yeah_its_me]

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CONTEST NOW CLOSED
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Winners announced shortly Good Luck

 

[Yeah_its_me]

The results are in for the VETERANS DAY Post A Patriotic Picture CONTEST.


.....and we have TWO winners in The MyVapeJuice.com's

VETERANS DAY Post A Patriotic

Picture CONTEST.​

Per random.org the winning post numbers are.......

Congratulations to: jj2 and Drottwiler


Each winner had won two 10ml bottles of MyVapeJuice Juice of their choice.

To get your free winnings please do the following:

1. Go to my store...MyVapeJuice.com and create an

account if you do not have one already.

2.Then pm me your real name and what you won. I will then send you a coupon code to use at

checkout to make your item(s) free.

Thanks for playing in our contest and enjoy the juice!


I really enjoyed this contest. I was inspired on many occasions by it. Grampa is a vet and was actually shot in the back during the war. My father, brother and sister all served and I could not be prouder of them.

The real thanks goes to all those who have and who continue to

serve our great nation. God Bless America!

and

 

[GLRogerss]

Congratulations jj2 and Drottwiler

 

[danimal40]

congrats JJ and Drottwiler....thanks for the contest

 

[morri]

Congratulations jj2 and Drottwiler ​

 

[musiceqlslife21]

congrats JJ and Drottwiler!