President John F. Kennedy’s impromptu speech in the parking lot, Fort 
Worth, TX

The Kennedys and the Johnsons attending an evening fundraiser on
November 21, 1963 in Houston.

 

                      Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager)

Gulager is noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney, Billy The Kid,
in the 1960–1962 NBC television series, The Tall Man and as Emmett Ryker 
in another NBC western series, The Virginian (1962-1971). He served in the 
United States Marine Corps before starting his acting career.

In 1942 McCarthy enlisted as a lieutenant in the United 
States Marine Corps, serving as an intelligence officer 
for a bomber squadron. He left the marines with the
rank of Captain.

 

    Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957)

Joseph McCarthy was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin
from 1947 until his death in 1957. He was noted for making claims that there
were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside
the United States federal government and elsewhere. His claims of widespread
Communist subversion, termed McCarthyism, ultimately led him to be censured
by the U.S. Senate.

President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November
11, 1919. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, 
Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans,
not just those who died in World War I. He led a delegation to then Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who supported the idea of a National Veterans
Day. The first national celebration was in 1947 in Alabama. Congress
changed the name of the holiday to “Veterans” day in 1954.

                      
                                   Official Veterans Day 2013 Poster

         Samuel Nicholas, 1st Commandant of the Marine Corps (1775–1783)