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Cummings Asks For District-Wide Remembrance Of Veterans

 Cummings Asks For District-Wide Remembrance Of Veterans

Tragedy at Fort Hood, Veteran’s Day, place spotlight on those in military service.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings today reminded those in the Seventh Congressional District, and those throughout Maryland and the nation to honor and remember the service to our nation given by so many, during Veteran’s Day, tomorrow.

“Both the tragic possibility of making the ultimate sacrifice, and the incredible opportunity to make an impact on our nation are rarely as great as when serving our country in the military,” said Cummings. “One lone Private can perform feats so noble as to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; one Coast Guard sailor can snatch a life from the jaws of death to precious safety; one Marine can give his life to protect people in a faraway land; one Midshipman can study at the Naval Academy and in Bethesda, becoming the scientist who cures cancer; and one Airman can become the next astronaut to continue our exploration of the galaxy.

We owe our everlasting freedom to those who have served, and died, before, and our thank to those who continue to take up the mantle in service to our flag. Tomorrow, we will remember them, but on every other day of the year, we must never forget.”

More than 1.4 million men and women serve in our nation’s Armed Forces, including more than 280,000 who are currently in active combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 900,000 have died during their service to the United States. They are all remembered each year on Veteran’s Day, November 11^th, which was created as Armistice Day in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson. The date was the symbolic end of World War I, which had been called “The War to End All Wars.”

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