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A Grateful Nation

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VALOR
The Medal of Valor and the Medal of Honor are two of the highest distinctions the U.S. military awards. Valor comes from the Latin 'valere,' meaning to be strong, and it's been part of the soldier's vocabulary for centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LOYALTY
The Army's official core values list LOYALTY first, before duty, respect, or honor. It's not an accident. Every branch has its own version of the list, but loyalty to the people beside you tends to show up at the top.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SALUTE
The hand salute used in the U.S. military traces back to European military tradition, where removing or raising a helmet visor showed you meant no harm. The open-palm version used in the Navy today is slightly different from the Army's, and veterans will notice.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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A Grateful Nation: a free online word search

Veterans Day word search, free and playable online right now. November 11th began as Armistice Day in 1919, the hour the guns went quiet. A quiet thank you.

About A Grateful Nation

Veterans Day falls on November 11th because that's the exact hour, the eleventh, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, when the guns of World War I finally went quiet. Congress made it a federal holiday in 1938, and every November since, communities across the country have found their own ways to say what can be hard to put into words. A handshake in a church hall, a name read aloud at a monument, a folded flag passed across a kitchen table. The words on this page, things like VALOR, DUTY, and LOYALTY, aren't decorations. They're what the gratitude is actually made of.

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March down Main Street with the color guard and band.

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