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Posts Tagged ‘veterans’
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Capacity crowd comes to hear nurses at “Angels of the Battlefield”
Posted: Apr 04, 2016On Thursday, March 31st, a panel of military nurses took the stage of the Smokey Stover Theater on the USS Yorktown in front of a capacity crowd to discuss their […]
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Hundreds of Veterans attend Vietnam Veterans Day at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 01, 2016In 2012, President Barack Obama proclaimed that March 29 will always be a national Vietnam Veterans Day as it was on that day in 1973 that U.S. troops withdrew from […]
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Patriots Point to Offer Free Admission to Veterans on Veterans Day
Posted: Nov 09, 2015To honor their service to our country, all veterans will be admitted free of charge to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum on Veterans Day (November 11). Free admission is […]
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USS Frank Evans veterans come to Patriots Point to remember “Lost 74”
Posted: Sep 25, 2015On Friday, September 18, a small group of veterans who served on the USS Frank Evans DD-754, stepped on board the USS Laffey. Many of them were survivors of a […]
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Tin Can Sailors Visit During Annual Reunion
Posted: Aug 19, 2014The Tin Can Sailors, a national organization for destroyer veterans, visited Patriots Point today as part of their annual reunion. While onboard the USS YORKTOWN, the group held their annual […]
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Bringing history to life: 1st Marine Division Meet and Greet
Posted: Aug 14, 2014Wednesday, the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum hosted a Meet and Greet event with six 1st Marine Division veterans. Three of the Marines fought in Vietnam, two fought in […]
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WWII Vets Invited to Attend Spirit of ’45 Day Express Stopover
Posted: Jul 25, 2014The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is inviting all World War II veterans and their families aboard the USS YORKTOWN on Tuesday, July 29, to take part in a […]
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Meet the heroes of the USS YORKTOWN during the 65th Reunion
Posted: Oct 02, 2013More than 150 veterans who served on the USS Yorktown will gather at Patriots Point this weekend for the annual USS Yorktown Association reunion. This is the 65th annual […]