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"Faces of Freedom" A Stirring and Unabashedly Patriotic Veterans Day Video

By Jamie Reno / Military Blogger

Published November 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM PST

This story was published more than 14 years ago.

Veterans Day, which is this Thursday, is a celebration in honor of America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. In 1954, President Eisenhower called upon all of our citizens to observe November 11 as Veterans Day and asked that the entire citizenry join hands to insure proper and widespread observance of this day. Here's a touching video of a recent San Diego Veterans Day Parade that would've made Ike proud.

As one person put it succinctly and appropriately in the comments section beneath the video:

San Diego Veterans Day Parade on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGODHs2dFk&feature=player_embedded

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Jamie Reno

Jamie Reno blogged about the military for KPBS' Home Post blog. Jamie has been the San Diego correspondent for Newsweek magazine for nearly two decades, for which he has written or co-written cover stories on such subjects as the Enron collapse, Napster, the war on terrorism, media conglomeration, the Heaven's Gate religious cult, teen culture, and new cancer treatments. He has also written for such publications as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, People, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times. Jamie has won more than 20 Society of Professional Journalist and Press Club awards, including the Press Club's Best of Show award in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

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