Today President Donald J Trump will be honoring those who serve in the U.S. military with a wreath laying at Arlington National Ceremony in Virginia, and a speech in honor of Veterans Day.
The anticipated start time of the event is 11:00am EST with livestream links below.
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If we treasured those in our military who sacrificed for our Republic, the millions of dollars handed to illegal aliens through government would be redirected to veterans, especially those in need or injured in the line of duty. None should be homeless or be at the mercy of inadequate health care.
That would be the most honourable thing their country which they’ve served could do for them.
We owe them at least that.
With gratitude always…
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1000% agreed!
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So true!!!! Near the end of his life, my cousin, who was much older then me, confided to me that while clearing caves on Iwo Jima using grenades, he had blown up a cave of women and children by mistake. He told me one 2 y/o boy had survived the initial blast. He picked up this boy and ran over 200yrds under fire trying to get him back behind US lines and medical assistance. The little boy died in his arms before he made it all the way back. My cousin said he’d never before told a single person what he had just told me. That Marine paid for that his whole life carrying the guilt of his actions. My cousin died a short time later.
Dear sir, I know we allot one for the vets who are living and another for those bare no longer. But reading about your cousin, I think it’s impossible to honour one without remembering the other. No one whose story you’ve told can possibly imagine the torment your cousin lived every day of his life.
My own father served as a surgeon in Korea. What he saw and tried to repair, I can only surmise. But I know it was terrible, because he never spoke of his time there. Not one word. And I know he carried those experiences with him the rest of his life, a changed man my mother always said.
I hope in his choosing you to unburden himself that he felt a small release. And in knowing you through your comments, I am sure you can’t help but carry the indescribable pain he endured, at least in part.
You honour his memory by writing of him. God has your cousin now in that promised Paradise where there is no more pain or tears which I’m sure this tough Marine shed many times. I do from my heart thank you for allowing us to honour him with you. B
Thank you Betsy for all of your comments today. My family history includes an Uncle Paul who is buried at Arlington Cemetery who enlisted in WWII and became a pilot and was shot down near New Guinea on his last volunteer mission. It has been a generational trauma for all of us who never met him as his Mother, my grandmother refused to believe that it was really his body buried at Arlington. I somehow inherited his flight jacket and it fits me.
My uncle Willie, enlisted and became part of the 10th Mountaineering Division in WWII and received a commendation for his valor under fire in the Battle he fought in Italy. A warrior on ski’s no less.
My dear Father, enlisted and was assigned to be a Mess Sargant. He felt like he didn’t do anything. Someone has to cook and feed the troops I told him! I still have his Army cookbook. Haha. There is a recipe in there on how to cook mashed potatoes for 1,000 people. And that’s not doing anything?
I just spent what was it, about 3 hours watching the whole Forbes presentation and am so glad I did. Stop the wars!
Who wrote that an army marches on its belly? I can’t remember…but there is nothing truer, RIG. I can, however understand your father’s regard, and I hope he came to appreciate how without him those he prepared sustenance for couldn’t have fulfilled their duties.
It’s late, but I pray you will see my reply. Because I am including an essay which your uncle’s story reminded me of, and I know you will appreciate it.
It was written by the late Gerard Van Der Leun, an essay about his uncle in war, also shot down, which in many ways is remarkably similar to your uncle’s in so many respects. You’ll have to scroll pretty far down to see it in this tribute to Mr Van Der Leun by his good friend.
THE NAME IN THE STONE is the title within the link. It was so powerful, honest, and moving that I saved it before his archived works were scrubbed two years after his death. I think you will agree.
https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/remembering-gerard-van-der-leun-bon
Spot on Betsy. I’m a disabled veteran. When I could no longer work due to my disabilities from active duty in the Army, my pay was reduced by 75% as a 100% service-connected veteran. VA disability benefits are kept just above the poverty level, but politicians and bureaucrats gorge themselves on taxpayer money.
Its a travesty. Shameful and despicable.
Evil.
Yes and we the people need to insist this be changed – make a big deal of it and talk about how shameful it is that the people in Congress get so much more money than our vets. Embarrass them – if that is even possible.
Indeed. Think of all the billions sent to Ukraine for their pension funds, salaries, etc. But money for disabled and/or homeless veterans? Not so much. They should be ashamed of themselves.
That’s the most galling aspect of it. Changes necessary. To start: Veterans’ Day needs to be Veterans’ Month.
I am so sorry, dear Patriot. I can’t tell you how furious that makes me, the mother of a Navy vet who relies on the VA for his healthcare… or as he discovered it to be “healthcare” (in inverted commas).
God bless you. I do so hope things will get better for you and will pray for it. Bet 💕
“A nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.”
~ Calvin Coolidge
As a Vietnam vet, I paid into healthcare all my life, yet they tell me that I don’t qualify for Medicare Part “B”, and GIVE free healthcare to illegals! At the end I only took the Hospitalization (Part “A”) as I was now collecting Social Security (2017) and I had Part “B” from where I worked. Because of Covid and I refused the jab, I was forced to retire (2022). I fought for 2-3 years to get Part “B” to no avail. Talk about a frosted @$$? I have been existing with only Part “A” for the 4 years! I thank Heavenly Father for my good genes and that I have not needed Part “B” since retirement! When my country called, I answered, when I called for help, no one would answer! Now I get multiple calls for help with healthcare options, yet I explain I have no Part “B”, they hang up! Isn’t America great??? Bummer!
There must be a VA clinic, or hospital in your city, or town? Even if there isn’t, the VA provides shuttle service to veterans for clinic, Hospital care.
As a veteran, you are entitled to outpatient care and medication without cost to you.
That would solve your lack of coverage B under Medicare.
Thank you for your response. VA hospitals are about 35 miles away. My issue is I live alone and would dearly love to not have to drive to get there. If I could get my Part B, My cataracts issue just might be cured at a local hospital. I can no longer trust myself to drive at night. The issue is not going around the Part B, it’s resolving the issue. I have fought a losing battle with SSA and State trying to resolve this. Sometimes it gets very discouraging and this day amplifies it. I put my trust in Heavenly Father and the answer may come yet. Maybe I’m not looking in the right places! Thank you again!
In lots of cases the VA does not have the capability in house for the treatment and has to send vets to private entities. Might be a chance if you check with your local Va they could send you to the nearby hospital? May be a long shot.
Anyway your story is one of really letting down a veteran and this should not happen.
Yes!!!
My son had his complicated back operation done privately on referral from the VA.
This was courtesy of President Trump in his first term.
Nessie is correct about VA benefits available for almost all honorably discharged veterans. … The medical benefits vary a bit for ‘lifers’ and combat veterans.
Here, where I live in a trailer park, a number of veterans switched from private insurance to VA benefits, to save a bit of money. … [One of the men actually took an Island Cruise through the South Pacific during WW2. His ‘room’ on the ship was on 1 of the 5 high, bunk beds in the hold of the troop ship.] Fortunately, Japan saw the ‘light’, and he became part of the Army of Occupation of Japan instead of Invasion.
Maybe, you could contact the VA hospital and see if there are free rides or a VA bus route nearby. … Supporting our veterans is a priority with Trump and his voters.
What VA hospital are you closest to? In my part of the country, there is a medical ride program that can be used to transport patients to and from local hospitals and doctors’ offices. It is called MedRide.
My wife and I moved to Washington State. I developed a hearing loss. The civilian Doctor sent me to the VA in Spokane.
The VA shuttle bus left every week. I hopped on the bus, got my hearing checked and got my hearing aids. VA confirmed hearing loss was due to airbase noise and agent Orange exposure in Saigon, Vietnam.
Your current doctor may assist you in having the nearest VA office evaluate your need for surgery. Your eye doctor can proceed at no cost to you.
Call your Congressman / woman. They often can unravel messes with SS.
Well, yeah, except have you ever received care at a VA facility? I’ve been a disabled vet for 54 years. In that time, I’ve had some exceptional medical care. Audiology and dental departments are usually stellar. That said, I’ve also had gross incompetents. In my experience, the ratio of good to bad is about one good for every five bad. You really do roll the dice when you visit a VA facility. However, in recent years, it has become much easier to receive care in the community so you can be seen by a private doctor at the VA’s expense. It seems the VA is now attempting to limit this care, which does not surprise me. While we have it, that’s mostly what I use. I pray they don’t take that away from us soon.
It is indeed a very twisted system. My prayers are that the health care system in America changes – very soon – for the better, for ALL OF US!! I believe my President Trump when he says it will.
Shameful of these politicians!
They will one day have to answer!
ABUNDANT BLESSINGS on you AZPatriot!
May The LORD grant all and more for you!
Thank YOU for your Faithful Service!
Amen, Sis. From your lips to God’s Ears – to our President’s “To Do” list.
That it should be done, dear Woo, but hasn’t been should shame us as a nation. But particularly the parasitic reps and senators who, if they had any honour in them, would ensure the reality. Too busy covering themselves and making big bucks with their insider trading. One more reason my contempt for them all is immeasurable.
Now! About those “forgotten men & women”—I would gladly wait if it meant Veterans were properly treated and cared for.
JWoo
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Betsy jones
November 11, 2025 3:36 pm
Aggiegirl
November 11, 2025 4:46 pm
You girls rock. What a blessing to have dedicated fellow patriots here. Love and Blessing to all on this very fine Veterans Day. And may God continue to bless President Donald J. Trump.
Bless him, my friend, yes…
And guide him whilst imbuing him with the wisdom he needs to focus on and help in whatever way his office allows those in this nation who put their hopes for better in him as President 🙏🏻
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Precious Gems
Well said, Betsy. Not just the money wasted on illegals, but all the taxpayer funds spent on aid across the globe, much of it to nations, and people, who despise us.
Charity begins at home. And in the case of our veterans, it’s not charity. It’s payback, a minuscule amount really, compared to what’s owed.
God bless our veterans.
All that as well, 88. Our priorities are badly skewed.
To care for those bore the scars of war…and his widow and orphan-Abe Lincoln.
“but all the taxpayer funds spent on >aid across the globe, much of it to nations, and people, who despise us.”
Exactly, basic88. +Plus, more Americans are becoming aware that the ‘aid’ is part of a gigantic kickback scheme to our crooked politicians. … Our crooked politicians are receiving cash from the dictators in the countries that receive the ‘aid’, and our crooked politicians also receive cash from the businesses working in/with the ‘aid’ receiving countries.
The endless and useless wars also involve enormous amounts of kickback cash too. Many of politicians are willing to trade deaths for cash from the suppliers of war goods, and the beneficiaries of war. … God Bless >Donald J Trump and his efforts to try and end the useless wars.
We the People do treasure our Children who serve this country.
It’s most of DC that has no problem sacrificing our military personnel and has absolutely no problem financing invaders and actually paying terrorists organization that kill our Children.
Got freedom? Thank a veteran!
A salute and unending gratitude to all who have served and are serving.
God Bless our Veterans & Merchant Marine.
11th month, 11th day, 11th hour…WWI ceased.
Originally known as Armistice Day, for the end of World War I.
Suitable for today, originally composed for “Decoration Day” (now known as Memorial Day) for fallen Civil War soldiers, by Charles Ives, the great American composer.
I had not heard this piece before – it’s quite good – thanks for posting!
I remember a time when it was referred to as Armistice Day.
WWI did not cease. The US had two “American Expeditionary Forces” (AEF) deployed to Russia through mid-1920. AEF North Russia, operated out of Arkhangelsk to September 1919 and AEF Siberia, operated out of Vladivostok until April 1920.
Veteran’s Day. This day is to honor the brave men and women who did make it home. Thanking them for their service.
On this day, Memorial Day, July 4, American Flags are placed at intervals all along our verges throughout our small city.
Today as I ventured out, I was truly shocked to see none.
Surely an oversight, a dreadful one if so.
But no…
I’ve just read that because the flag is still flying now at half mast for Cheney…no patriot he…and the hundreds of flags which line our boulevards aren’t able to be lowered, they are not being put out.
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Infuriating. Trust a bureaucrat to miss the forest for the trees.
I travelled further today and saw only two flags in a subdivision entrance which the residents must have placed themselves instead doing as they were told by those bureaucrats. An authentic American “Get stuffed” if ever I saw one.
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Our little county seat town had flags lining the streets today. America proud!
Right and proper.
Ours fell through the cracks.
Many cities display American flags along roadsides and public spaces for Veterans Day. They are being flown at half-staff—not at full mast—as a mark of national mourning.
Irony
Disgraceful, nichan .
Just a little trivia, Navy uses “mast” for flags on ships. On ground it’s referred to as “staff”. As for Cheney, I consider the half-staff for all the military he got killed.
How sad.
This is just about the most despicable thing I have ever heard.
I and every other patriot resent those flags not being placed out because Cheney……..figures.
Thanks for your astute observations Betsy.
May all of our veterans have a blessed day and also may their families and spouses be blessed for the sacrifices they made in support of their very own veterans.
You can only imagine what I was thinking, monti. About the soulless, arrogant Cheney and about the lives he cared nothing for whom he sent to war.
And yes…
When they serve, so do their families.
Amen.
My mother had a colorful word of the character of a person who does this type of projection in speech. I won’t repeat it.
Today, Vance points attention to his wish to mention his own 3 important messages and that his speech will be short. But before that, he divulged that; apparently, President hates long speeches from people. What a self-serving remark. Sure got people hanging on to get to what he was going to emphasize.
It’s true many times PDJT would start off with something, then for emphasis or connection, would reiterate the same points. Today’s speech ran along similar lines.
Yet, because Vance … preliminary self-serving contrast
The segment mentioned :
Look how President Trump CRACKS UP!
VP VANCE: “ I’ve learned a few things while working so closely with the President of the United States:
The first thing is that he LOVES our Nation’s Veterans…
and the second thing I’ve learned
about the President of the United States is that he REALLY HATES
when somebody who’s speaking before him goes on for too long.
And so with that in mind,
I have prepared a VERY BRIEF, and very INSPIRING ONE HOUR and FORTY FIVE MINUTE SPEECH…”
..Vance is going to make a GREAT president some day.
He is a kiss ass to trump…. remembering vets is always best. An x military wife here. We do not count.
Apparently, my ex- ex-military wife must count, because she gets half my retired pay.
I’m thoroughly convinced that some former MAD MAGAZINE illustrator who uhh … ‘doubles’ as a clothing designer, creating spyware for the First Lady..
edit: ‘creates’
Is VP Vance’s wife out to lunch, a pink outfit is very out of place.
Not sure, but I think that photo of the four of them was taken previously. The reason is because of what they are wearing — Melania’s hat and Usha’s coat were worn during the inauguration.
Maybe someone else can figure out if any photos of Melanie and Usha were taken today.
Looks like that iconic photo taken on the capitol? steps after the inauguration. Don’t think it was from today.
It wasn’t.
Melania was in black and Usha was in white.
Striking.
Yes, unfortunately she was not well-advised, if anyone bothered at all.
What to Wear on Veterans Day: The Ultimate Guide:
https://www.usamm.com/blogs/news/what-to-wear-on-veterans-day
This is the most impressive memorial for this day I have ever seen.
I am astounded and overwhelmed by this remarkble work each time I see it.
Betsy, I wasn’t aware of this memorial. Me being me, I did a wee dig on it:
“The memorial’s five white pillars represent the nation’s military branches and are arranged in Department of Defense order of precedence: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Each pillar has an elliptical opening that slants downward toward the Great Seal of the United States. On Veterans Day – November 11 – the design allows the sun’s rays to spotlight the Great Seal at 11:11 am Mountain Standard Time. The design goal was 11:11:11 am, but the variations each year cause the precise alignment over the next 100 years to be between 11:10:58 and 11:11:22.”
Would be nice is something similar were added in Arlington National Cemetery. A sixth pillar would need to added due to another branch being added…United States Space Force. What with the drama of 3I/ATLAS habbening…Not only is that branch not going anywhere soon, it’s just been emboldened by interstellar thingies passing through out neighborhood to say “Hi!”😜😎
T’would be a fitting and wonderful addition, T4C. Absolutely.
Imagine the patriotic mind which brought this on into existence.
God Bless our Veterans.
Ditto, have many in my family.
My husband and I thank you, as do our many wonderful patriotic military friends. G-d Bless America 🇺🇸
Veterans Day …
Emporia is the birthplace of Veterans Day. In 1953, local shoe salesman Alvin J. King had an idea — to celebrate all veterans, living and deceased, rather than just those who died in service as was the focus of Armistice Day. King’s vision found support in then-U.S. Representative Ed Rees of Emporia, who introduced a bill in Congress to establish Veterans Day as a national holiday. President Dwight D. Eisenhower — another Kansan — signed it into law in 1954.
“At the hour of dusk you sit at your foxhole and look out on a wide river turning pinkish red, and at the mountains beyond, and although in the morning you must cross the river and go into the mountains and do terrible things and maybe die, even so, you find yourself studying the fine colors on the river, you feel wonder and awe at the setting of the sun, and you are filled with a hard, aching love for how the world could be and always should be, but now is not. You’re never more alive than when you’re almost dead.”
Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
I was running around town earlier today and there were about dozen or so older folks protesting ” no to fascism ” yada yada on the overpass looking down on I-5.
I flipped them all off and told them to go ….well , nevermind.
God bless President Trump-the greatest Commander In Chief in the history of the United States!
On the 11th month, on the 11th day and on the 11th hour of 1918 the guns of WWI fell silent. My Grandfather a Sergeant in the British Army was on the Western Front when this happened. I wish I had asked him what that was like. In 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill rededicating Armistice Day Nov. 11 as Veterans Day, encouraging Americans to commit themselves to the cause of peace and to honor America’s veterans for their courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice. So today we honor all our Veterans! Thank you all!
MAGA! God bless the USA!
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this White House livestream began about 14 minutes ago, titled “Above, Below & Beyond: A Presidential Special”
WATCH IN FULL: President Donald J. Trump joins the Pat McAfee Show on Veterans Day.
Fun!
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1988336160943280290
Trump’s remarks and demeanor were more like a rally speech.
It’s always about his successes and Biden’s failures.
Disgusting.
Honor our Veterans then sit down and shut up.
I’m talking in below pedestrian terms but 1- of course everything explained by Sundance is 1000% correct (as usual). 2- I have this faith and belief, that MILLIONS of us MAGAs, see ALL of the media and Repub club cow patty material for what it is, are and have become even more wise to it, and stay the Trump/MAGA course notwithstanding… I do believe this and release the faith God gave us and me accordingly…