COMMERMORATE…remembrance and respect
Veterans Day is November 11th to honor those who have served in the American military.
Did you know there is also a Veterans Day for dogs? March 13 honors and commemorates the service and sacrifice of American military and working dogs throughout history.
The older veterans, looking back and leading the way for a new generation of veterans.
Happy Monday. Happy Veterans Day to all who served.
on pets and prisoners 
I’m grateful to all veterans, Lois and I’m glad the dogs have their day. I didn’t know that.
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Thanks, Dan. I didn’t know that about the dogs, either. I wanted to post the dog with his owner but then Googled to see if Veterans Day was for dogs, too. I was surprised–and happy-to see they had their own special day.
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I did not realize there was a date to commemorate the dogs. Thanks for sharing that.
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That was a surprise to me, too, Heather.
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So glad that the dogs who serve are being honored too. Two and four legged, they all deserve our respect.
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I thought of you when I was posting this. What you do is to be commended.❤
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I never knew about a Veterans Day for dogs and that’s very cool. I liked the 2nd picture, it looks like he equipped his bike to look like a helicopter?
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I’m not sure what he was doing with is bike, but I was impressed. And I didn’t know about a special Veterans Day for dogs, either. Learn something new every day.
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Thank you to all who have served. That includes the dogs!
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I love that everyone who served gets a special day. Thanks, Belinda.
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I didn’t know there was a Veterans Day for dogs! Very cool.
There’s a big list of businesses that offer discounts to veterans today, as well as lots of restaurants and coffee shops offering free meals and whatnot.
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I was pleasantly surprised about the special day for dogs, too. A couple years ago, a monument was installed for dogs at our Veterans Memorial Park, which is so lovely.
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Happy Veterans’ Day! My husband is one, I guess that means I need to be nice to him toay.
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Just for today. No need to get too carried away.
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Here, we call it Remembrance Day…
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I do like that–Remembrance Day. Glad they get honored, no matter what we call it.
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I was thinking this morning that in elementary school we observed a certain period of silent as I recall it was at noon.
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Our school was probably closed that day. We had more days off back then…
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I realized it was 11 o’clock we had the moment of silence. Looking at the schools around here they have a lot more days off. Fridays off. I dunno’ how that works but…
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Thank you, GP.
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We can’t escape the images of war these days, so we might have more understanding of why we have to remember.
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I have to wonder what kids are taught about this in school now.
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We did not realize there was a special day to honor these brave pets-thanks for sharing this story on Veterans Day. We’ve always honored canine soldiers on Veterans Day in the past and posted about a local canine hero from WWII today.
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This was something new to me, too. On a whim, I Googled to see if dogs were included in the commemoration today, and was actually very pleased to see that they have their own special day.
In our Veterans Memorial Park, a monument was installed a couple of years ago that breaks your heart–a military dog reaching out to touch his fallen soldier’s helmet.
Everyone honored on their own special day.
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Very cool. Thank you for sharing the story that these special pets have their own day of honor. ❤️ 🤍 💙
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I’m glad we have such important days to honor, thank, and uplift all veterans!
And a day to remember and appreciate those amazing dogs! Wow! Wonderful! Such hard-working dogs!
All powerful special photos, Lois!
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks so much, Carolyn.
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