Burlington Free Press logo Burlington Free Press 2 weeks ago

Broder column: Veterans ready to work for communities

A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from her hometown of Salisbury, N.C. , who had been flown to Washington... Full Article at Burlington Free Press

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  1. Bob and I are down here almost every Saturday
    Elizabeth Dole – Elizabeth Dole SOURCE: Burlington Free Press 2 weeks ago
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  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: World War II veterans Margie Zwick, Women's Army Corps, and Arnold Strauch, U.S. Army, look on before the annual Veterans Day parade November 11, 2009 in New York City.
  3. WOOTTON BASSETT, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Second World War veteran Wally Simmonds, 94, is comforted by Barbara Blundell after he spoke at a service of remembrance besides the war memorial on November 11, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England.
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  1. Veterans of Foreign Wars
  2. David S Broder
  3. Bob Dole Bob Dole
  4. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress
  5. Mary Stuart
  6. Jeff Miller Jeff Miller