yup you betcha he sure snubbed our veterans when he personally invited the Musgee airmen to attend the inauguration .
On Jan 25, 7:15 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Since its inception in 1953, every new president has attended The > Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball – until now. > > The ball was created for President Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration to > honor recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military > award. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and co-sponsored > by 13 other veteran's service organizations, including the Paralyzed > Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. > > And while 48 of the nation's 99 living recipients of the Medal of > Honor attended the event, reports the Cleveland Leader and various > self-attested attendees of the ball, newly sworn-in President Barack > Obama became the first president in 56 years to skip out on the > ceremony. > > Obama's itinerary on Inauguration Day, however, did include attendance > at 10 balls in his honor, many of which were graced by a cast of the > nation's biggest music and movie stars. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
