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  • Eleven
    Nov 10, 2010  - Veterans Day traces its origin to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 when fighting between the Allied nations and Germany ceased with an armistice. The following year, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as Armistice Day, saying “To us in America, the reflect... More
  • Forbes to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Holicky-Sitter Veterans Luncheon
    Sep 10, 2010  - Rep. J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) will be the guest of honor and speaker at the Holicky-Sitter Veterans Luncheon in Richmond on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.  Congressman Forbes will provide an update to the Richmond-area veterans on legislation in Congress im... More
  • To Care for Those Who Shall Have Borne the Battle
    Sep 10, 2010  - In 1865, President Lincoln stood on the East Portico of the Capitol to take the executive oath for his second term as President of the United States. As he stood to deliver his second inaugural address, he faced a country that had been bruised and battered by civil war. The war was one of the costli... More
  • Forbes to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Grand Opening Ceremony of the Veterans Clinic in Emporia
    Aug 19, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today the upcoming Grand Opening Ceremony of the Veterans Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Emporia, Virginia on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010.  The Emporia veterans outpatient clinic, which Congressman F... More
  • Congressman Forbes Statement on Arlington Cemetery Mismanagement
    Jun 11, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) made the following statement in response to reports of burial mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery: “Families do not love their fathers, sons, or daughters any less when they are deceased and families trust that their loved ones will be provided the ut... More
  • Forbes to Participate in Kick-Off Ceremony for Honor and Remember Across America Tour
    Jun 4, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) will speak at the kick-off ceremony for the Honor and Remember Across America tour in Virginia Beach on Saturday, June 5th, 2010. The ceremony will launch a tour across 49 states with a stated purpose of gaining each state legislature's support in officially adopt... More
  • Forbes’ Motion to Prevent Terrorists From Being Transferred to the U.S. Adopted by House
    May 28, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today offered a motion during debate of the National Defense Authorization Act on the floor of the House of Representatives to prevent the transfer of terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United States. The motion was adopted by the House by a vote of 282 t... More
  • Forbes Statement on Passage of Annual Defense Policy Bill
    May 28, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010: “Now more than ever, with American long-term priorities in flux and vital national interests at stake, it is imperative that Congress get this defense bill ri... More
  • Forbes to Honor Fallen Veterans at Suffolk Memorial Day Service
    May 28, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) will honor those who have lost their lives in service to the nation, as well as local veterans and active military personnel, as the guest speaker at a Memorial Day Service in Suffolk, Virginia, hosted by the American Legion, Post 57.  Congressman Forbes was invit... More
  • The Last Full Measure of Devotion
    May 28, 2010  - “…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…” President Abraham Lincoln spoke those words during his Gettysburg Address as he led our nation ... More

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