The 42nd Highlanders Pipe and Drum Corps open a tribute to America's fallen defenders from Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California. Army Capt. Justin Babcock gives an inspiring tribute to the defenders of freedom.
In this video playlist (advance with lower-center buttons) watch the US Armed Service branch songs performed by the Notre Dame High School marching band, the Blue Eagles Honor Guard, a genuine survivor of the attacks on Pearl Harbor (in which Japan drew the U.S. into World War II) and a real, 12-gun memorial salute.
Interviews with surviving veterans, international military historians, the west-coast head of the African-American Montford Point Marines Association; a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge in 1944; and curator of the American Society of Military History Museum. Event held on Veterans' Day, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Subscribe to new YouTube channel, DemoCast News to receive future news videos via email.
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Veterans Day at the Military Cemetery: Perspectives on the Price of Freedom
Encounters at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Veterans Day with: a Vietnam-veteran grandfather brings his grandchildren to visit their heritage - and instill a sense of American identity ...
...And a journalism student, educated through her family trips to national memorials - who bemoans the apathy of many college students to commemorate the holiday - while other friends of hers serve and died to defend our freedom.
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