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Veterans Day Speeches
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Veterans Day Speeches
| Year | Speaker | Host Veterans Service Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States | Jewish War Veterans of the USA |
| 2020 | Blinded Veterans Association | |
| 2019 | Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States | Catholic War Veterans |
| 2018 | American G.I. Forum | |
| 2017 | Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States | Korean War Veterans Association of the USA |
| 2016 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | Polish Legion of American Veterans, USA |
| 2015 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | Military Officers Association of America |
| 2014 | Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States | Disabled American Veterans |
| 2013 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | The Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
| 2012 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | The Retired Enlisted Association |
| 2011 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | Military Order of the World Wars |
| 2010 | Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States | Legion of Valor |
| 2009 | Barack Obama, President of the United States | Paralyzed Veterans of America |
| 2008 | Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States | Military Chaplains Association of the USA |
| 2007 | Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States | Marine Corps League |
| 2006 | George W. Bush, President of the United States | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| 2005 | Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States | The American Legion |
| 2004 | George W. Bush, President of the United States | Non Commissioned Officers Association |
| 2003 | George W. Bush, President of the United States | Army & Navy Union |
| 2002 | George W. Bush, President of the United States | Blinded Veterans Association |
| 2001 | Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States | AMVETS |
| 2000 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Vietnam Veterans of America |
| 1999 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States |
| 1998 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Catholic War Veterans |
| 1997 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | American Ex-Prisoners of War |
| 1996 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Jewish War Veterans of the USA |
| 1995 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Polish Legion of American Veterans |
| 1994 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Disabled American Veterans |
| 1993 | William J. Clinton, President of the United States | Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
| 1992 | Anthony J. Principi, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Legion of Valor |
| 1991 | George Bush, President of the United States | Paralyzed Veterans of America |
| 1990 | Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense | Marine Corps League |
| 1989 | Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | Veterans of World War I |
| 1988 | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| 1987 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | The American Legion |
| 1986 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | Blinded Veterans Association |
| 1985 | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | AMVETS |
| 1984 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States |
| 1983 | Harry N. Walters, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Disabled American Veterans |
| 1982 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
| 1981 | Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense | Legion of Valor |
| 1980 | Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Paralyzed Veterans of America |
| 1979 | Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Marine Corps League |
| 1978 | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States | Veterans of World War I |
| 1977 | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| 1976 | Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense | The American Legion |
| 1975 | Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States | AMVETS |
| 1974 | Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States |
| 1973 | Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Disabled American Veterans |
| 1972 | Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
| 1971 | Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States | Legion of Valor |
| 1970 | Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration | Marine Corps League |
| 1969 | David Packard, Deputy Secretary of Defense | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| 1968 | Gen. John P. McConnell, Chief of Staff, USAF | The American Legion |
| 1967 | Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of Defense | Veterans of World War I |
| 1966 | Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Commandant, USMC | AMVETS |
| 1965 | Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States |
| 1964 | John S. Gleason, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Administration | Disabled American Veterans |
| 1963 | Gen. David Shoup, USMC | Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
| 1962 | Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense | United Spanish War Veterans |
| 1961 | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States | Legion of Valor |
| 1960 | Gen. Lemuel Shepard, Jr., USMC | Marine Corps League |
| 1959 | Gen. Albert Wedermayer, U.S. Army, Retired | The American Legion |
| 1958 | Gen. David Sarnoff, USAR | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States |
| 1957 | Col. Joe Foss, Governor of South Dakota | Disabled American Veterans |
| 1956 | James Stewart, USAF Reserve | AMVETS |
| 1955 | Herbert Hoover, Former President of the United States | United Spanish War Veterans |
| 1954 | H. E. Talbot, Secretary of the Air Force | The American Legion |
