OPERATION GRATITUDE

VETERAN'S DAY

• A holiday annually celebrated on November 11th that signifies the end of WW1.
• Celebrates all U.S. Veteran's services.

21 GUN SALUTE

• 7 soldiers shoot 3 shots each out of their guns.
• Most commonly used at military funerals
• Established as a naval tradition in the late 1600s.

MEMORIAL BRACELET

• A cuff style bracelet with a persons name who died or an event engraved on it.
• Worn to show support and to remember a hero or victim of terrorism.

ROOF STOMP

• Tradition in the Air Force where service members climb on the roof of a commander and stomp.
• It's typically planned, and not a surprise for the commander.
• It celebrates a new commander, a retirement, or other event.

RIDERLESS HORSE

• A Riderless Horse is a horse without anybody mounted on it, that is present at the funeral procession.
• Can be featured in military parades or to symbolize fallen soldiers.

MEDAL OF HONOR

• The highest military honor you can recieve
• Awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
• Originally called the "Medal of Valor"
• Awarded by the President of the United States

PEACE MONUMENT

• Made to honor the naval deaths at sea from the Civil War.
• Also known as the Naval Monument or the Civil War Sailors Monument
• Made in 1877-1878

VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WALL

• Made to commemorate more than 1,500 Jackson area war heroes.
• The "only wall that honors veterans from all six branches.
• Has names of men and women from World War 1 from Operation Desert Storm

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