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          THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS ONCE AGAIN TAKING TIME OUT TO SAY THANK YOU AND TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING AND WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WITH A SPECIAL VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY. 
          WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY. 
          THE OBSERVANCE INCLUDES AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION THAT RECALLS THE CITY PROUD HISTORY OF SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR COUNTRY'S ARMED SERVICES. 
          WE CALL ON ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND HONOR THE COURAGE, THE LOYALTY, AND THE DEDICATION OF AMERICA'S GREAT VETERANS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND A SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MULTIPLE US MILITARY MEDAL RECIPIENT AND TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD HONOREE JARED KENNEMER. 
          I WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW TODAY THE VETERANS HERE YOU ARE, THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST. 
          IT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE THAT SUPPORT US, BUT TODAY WE SIMPLY AND REC AND NECESSARILY RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO SACRIFICE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FRIENDS, AND SOMETIMES A PART OF THEMSELVES FOR THIS GREAT NATION. 
          THERE IS ALSO THE TRADITIONAL PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL W REEF, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION OF, AND TESTIMONIALS FROM SEVERAL OF THE VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING 98-YEAR-OLD RAY DOS WHO SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS ARM TO STAY TO HONOR THE END OF WORLD WAR I. 
          THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH IS NOW OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONWIDE AS VETERANS DAY TO HONOR EVERY VETERAN OF EVERY WAR.
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