Musgee airmen? On Jan 25, 7:18 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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