Coming to our nation's capital on Monday, May 25 2009, the National Memorial Day Parade will honor all Americans who have served - and sacrificed - to preserve our freedoms. Now in it's fifth year, the parade has become the largest Memorial Day event in the nation, drawing over 250,000 spectators along Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC.

The parade will begin at 2:00 PM, proceeding along Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th Streets, NW, and will feature thousands of participants, including veterans and active duty service personnel, marching bands, celebrities and youth organizations. It will truly be an afternoon to remember.

To learn more about the National Memorial Day Parade, visit www.nationalmemorialdayparade.com.

The official magazine of the American Veterans Center, American Valor Quarterly features the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed the defining moments in American military history. From D-Day to Chosin Reservoir and from Tet to Fallujah, AVQ is dedicated to preserving the experiences of our greatest heroes, in their own words.

New Issue of American Valor Quarterly Now Available! Click here to read.

Meet America's Greatest Heroes

Each year over Veterans Day weekend, heroes of yesterday and today gather at the American Veterans Center's Annual Conference.

From the heroes of D-Day and Iwo Jima, to those who fought at Ia Drang, to the soldiers and Marines who battled house to house in Fallujah, the Annual Conference is a place to hear the stories, and learn from, our greatest military men and women.

Dates for the 12th Annual Conference will be announced soon. In the meantime, please visit our conference page to learn about previous conferences, and watch video of America’s greatest heroes sharing their experiences.

America's Heroes:
In Their Own Words
Baseball Heroes of WWII | Ia Drang Panel | Fallujah Panel

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Our weekly radio series airing on the Radio America network, Veterans Chronicles takes listeners back in time to the defining moments in military history alongside those who were there. Featuring interviews with America's greatest heroes from World War II through today, Veterans Chronicles is the centerpiece of the Center's oral history program, preserving these stories for generations to come.

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The mission of the American Veterans Center is to preserve and promote the legacy of America’s servicemen and women from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Center is comprised of two divisions - The World War II Veterans Committee and the National Vietnam Veterans Committee. The American Veterans Center is also the primary sponsor of the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC, drawing a quarter of a million spectators to one of the largest military-themed events in the country.

“Bringing the legacy of the Greatest Generation to the latest generation” is the motto of the World War II Veterans Committee. Through documentary work, speaker programs, and the publications World War II Chronicles and American Valor Quarterly, the World War II Veterans Committee seeks to bring the history of World War II to today’s students and young people.

The National Vietnam Veterans Committee not only seeks to tell the combat stories of Vietnam veterans, we also spotlight their many successes after returning home. The National Vietnam Veterans Committee, through its programs which include the publication Valor: The Veterans of Vietnam and now American Valor Quarterly, is working to tell the true story of Vietnam veterans which has so often been ignored.

To learn more about the American Veterans Center’s many programs, click on the navigation strip above.