Memorial Day quiz: Test yourself - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Memorial Day quiz: Test yourself - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Here’s a quiz to test yourself on how much you know about Memorial Day and the wars in which U.S. soldiers have fought and died.
Answers, with a bit of history, follow the questions.

Scouts light more than 17,000 candles at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Virginia. (Peter Cihelka/AP) 

  1. Memorial Day was a response to the loss of American lives in which war?

a) Revolutionary War

b) Civil War

c) World War I

d) World War II

See the rest of the quiz at the link above:

Memorial Mile by Gainesville Veterans for Peace - Memorial Day 2012 - YouTube

Memorial Mile by Gainesville Veterans for Peace - Memorial Day 2012 - YouTube
Thanks to Geoff from Occupy for this video!

An Inspiring Story of How a Disabled Veteran Learned to Run Again

An Inspiring Story of How a Disabled Veteran Learned to Run Again

Trying to lose weight?  Have a barrier to overcome that seems insurmountable?  Watch this!

Why are we still in 'Vietghanistan?' - CNN.com

Why are we still in 'Vietghanistan?' - CNN.com
Scot has an article on the CNN Opinion pages addressing the same issue of "Body Parts" that he spoke so eloquently on their televised forum 

 Scott Camil   Da Loc   Vietnam1967

Gainesville Celebrates Mayday in style!

Occupy Gainesville Florida 
Gainesville had a mellow Occupy Mayday event cosponsored by the Labor Council with Free eats from Food not Bombs, the famous Gainesville Radical Cheerleaders and tabling by groups such as Move to Amend.  A number of VFP members were there as well as you will see from the slide show below:

Intelligence Rupture Over Iran: Israeli Apparat Falling Apart | Veterans Today

Intelligence Rupture Over Iran: Israeli Apparat Falling Apart | Veterans Today: A rift the size of a potential coup is taking shape between the Israeli government and the military-intelligence men over Iran, a fact which threatens the ruling Israeli political apparat on the one hand and exonerates Iran of all years-long groundless allegations on the other.

Pictures often speak louder than words but you might want to read the details in the article about the Military intelligence chiefs in Israel who are challenging the propaganda on Iran with, well, the facts!