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President to Speak Wednesday at VFW Convention
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2008--President George W. Bush has accepted an invitation to speak Wednesday at the 109th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
The annual convention by America’s oldest major veterans’ organization starts tomorrow at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The event is not open to the public.
“It is a time-honored tradition for our nation’s leader to address the national convention of America’s oldest major veterans’ organization and the nation’s largest organization of combat veterans,” said VFW National Commander George J. Lisicki, a Vietnam veteran from Carteret, N.J. “We are grateful to President Bush for taking the time to speak to us on issues that are vitally important to our nation.”
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VFW National Convention
Celebrities, Former JCS Chairman Honored
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 18, 2008--At Monday night’s banquet, actress Ann-Margret as well as Mickey Rooney, received VFW’s Hall of Fame Award.
Ann-Margret, who participated in Bob Hope’s USO tours in Vietnam in 1966 and 1968, said, “You represent the soul of this nation. We are eternally grateful. I give you my deepest respect and admiration.” She spoke emotionally about meeting Vietnam veterans so many years ago.
Actor Mickey Rooney, co-recipient of the Hall of Fame Award, made it clear that he was a soldier in the Army and not part of the USO.
Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) retired Marine General Peter Pace received VFW’s Eisenhower Award.
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