Nation celebrates Veterans Day

Nov 11, 2015

Nation celebrates Veterans Day

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Supporters turned out to honor veterans at parades and memorial sites nationwide.

: A soldier from the 3rd Infantry Division plays taps after a moment of silence during the Veteran’s Day Parade in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)

: Military personnel march in the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Dressed in red, white and blue and patriotic fingernails, Laura Allison attends a Veteran’s Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: Marines perform a 21 gun salute before the start of the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Senator and World War II veteran Bob Dole (3rd R) talks with visitors and fellow WWII Veterans after laying a wreath at the World War II Memorial on Veteran’s Day in Washington, DC, November 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

: Members of the Third Infantry Division march down Broughton Street during the Veteran’s Day Parade in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)

: In observance of Veteran’s Day, Oralia Ramirez visits the gravesite of her husband, an Army veteran, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: Korean Vietnam War veterans prepare to march in the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Veterans bow their heads in prayer during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial on Veteran’s Day in Washington, DC, November 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

: Army veteran James F. Gerald, 85, right, visits with members of the South Side High School Junior ROTC following a Veteran’s Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: Army veterans Don Doyle, left, and Salvado Campos Jr., right, hold cowboy hats during an invocation as they attend a Veteran’s Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: President Barack Obama stands for the National Anthem during a ceremony in honor of Veteran’s Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

: Army Sgt. Jason Bates of Baltimore, Md., spends time visiting with one of the 13 friends he lost while serving between 2006 and 2007, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, on Veterans Day in Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

: A sailor stands near wreaths during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial on Veteran’s Day in Washington, DC, November 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

: Marines look at a trained bald eagle named Challenger before the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: World War I reenactors march in the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: A group of current and former military personnel take part in a Naturalization ceremony during a Veteran’s Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: The oldest known female World War II vet, Army Lieutenant Colonel Luta C. McGrath (R), who turns 108 later this month, attends Veteran’s Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2015. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

: President Barack Obama pauses for the playing of “Taps”as he participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of Veteran’s Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2015. Alonside the President is US Army Maj. Gen. Bradley A. Becker, Commanding General JFHQ-NCR/MDW. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

: Army veteran James F. Gerald, 85, right, sings the National Anthem during a Veteran’s Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

: Sophie, 8, right, and her sister, Ruby O’Hara hold signs as they watch the annual Veteran’s Day parade with their mother, Mary Ann O’Hara, in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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