With slightly better weather than in previous years, about 150 veterans, their families, and friends gathered in the National Cemetery Wednesday on Arsenal Island to celebrate Veterans Day.
Keynote speaker David Woods served in Vietnam, and is now the Veterans Service Officer for Scott County.
Those who signed the "blank check" include the 58,000 names on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC.
And he stressed the importance of veterans making sure other veterans are welcomed home.
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Every time you see a service member you should say thanks.
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Woods works with veterans of the Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and says every day should be Veterans Day, not just the official Veterans Day and Memorial Day, but every day.