Veterans Day MCPS 2020 Video


Armed services by the numbers

Medal of Honor Websites:
http://www.cmohs.org
https://themedalofhonor.com
https://themedalofhonor.com/about-the-cdp/ (Character Development Program)
https://homeofheroes.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/medal-of-honor-amazing-facts/16/
Medal of Honor Day 
   - Hammett Bowen Jr. (Ocala recipient of the Medal of Honor)

Purple Heart Websites: 
https://www.purpleheart.org/ 
https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/purple-heart.pdf
https://www.uso.org/stories/2276-8-purple-heart-facts

Calendar of Special Military Days: (In order by School Calendar)
Coast Guard Birthday - Aug. 4, 1790
Purple Heart Day - August 7, 1782
Air Force Birthday - Sept. 18, 1947
Navy Birthday - Oct. 13, 1775
Military Family Appreciation Month - November
Veterans Day - November 11, 1919 (Armistice Day - WWI)
Marine Corps Birthday - Nov. 10
Pearl Harbor Day - Dec. 7 (WWII)
National Guard Birthday - Dec. 13, 1636
Space Force Birthday - Dec. 20, 2019
Medal of Honor Day - March 25, 1863 (designated in 1990)
Military Appreciation Month - May
Memorial Day - Last Monday of May
D-Day - June 6, 1944 (WWII)
Flag Day and Army Birthday - June 14, 1775
Independence Day - July 4, 1776

Support for Veterans:
https://purpleheartfoundation.org/ 
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
https://maketheconnection.net/
https://housesforwarriors.org/
https://dvnf.org/
https://www.military.com/veterans-day/ways-to-give-back-to-veterans.html (Lists such as the USO, etc...)

Ocala and Military Service
351st Military Police Company based in Ocala (article); History
Photos from Ocala Veterans Memorial Park 
Hammett Bowen Jr. (Ocala recipient of the Medal of Honor)
Enlisting in the Armed Services in Ocala

Gold Star Families: (Help for families of those who died in combat)
https://www.americasgoldstarfamilies.org/
https://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/newsroom/blog-an-honor-no-one-wants-what-is-a-gold-star-family-and-how-is-it-different-from-a-blue-star-family/
https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/ 

POW-MIA (Prisoners of War and Missing in Action)
Numbers
National League of POW/MIA Families 
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Ceremonies
Silent Drill  
Taps
Burial at Arlington National Cemetery
Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) 
US Armed Services Songs (Medley)