Veterans Day program at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center

Highlights of the program include a color guard by the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Twin Cities Squadron and a performance by the 58-member West Point Glee Club. 

The day that we have come to know as Veterans Day began on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. That day an armistice, a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting, was signed between the Germans and the Allies ending World War one. Nov. 11 was officially named Veterans Day 70 years ago, in 1954, by Congress to honor American Veterans of all wars. 

The Veteran is at the heart of everything we do within the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Nearly 17% of our work force are Veterans. 

About Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Minneapolis VA Health Care System provides over 100,000 Veterans with a full range of health services at 15 locations. Facilities include the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 13 Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Albert Lea, Ely, Hibbing, Mankato, Maplewood, Ramsey, Rochester, Shakopee, and St. James, Minn.; and Chippewa Falls, Hayward, Rice Lake and Superior, Wis., and the Community Resource and Referral Center for Veterans experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis. 

We are an academic health system with state-of-the-art technology and home to four major research centers. We maintain over 90 active affiliations with health professions schools and have been working closely with the University of Minnesota since 1947. To learn more visit VA Minneapolis Health Care | Veterans Affairs. 

Media are welcome to attend the event. RSVP to Melanie Nelson at 612-772-1473 or melanie.nelson3@va.gov. 

Melanie Nelson, Public Affairs Officer

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