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2008
Jul
02: USA Air Corps Established (1926) ; Taps composed during Civil War (1862)
04: Independence Day
11: USAF Academy dedicated (1955)
12: Medal of Honor established (1862)
25: National Veterans Wheelchair Games
27: Korean War Ended (1953) ; National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day ; Parents Day
28: WWI Began (1914)
Aug
01: Air Force Day
02: Operation Desert Shield began (1990)
04: USCG Established (1790)
05: Vietnam War began (1964)
07: Purple Heart Medal Established (1782)
12: Spanish-American War ended (1898)
14: Japan Surrendered Ending WWII (1945)
National Navaho Code Talkers Day
16: National Airborne Day
18: Vietnam Veterans Day
19: National Aviation Day
21: National Veterans Golden Age Games
Sep
01: Labor Day ; Nazi invasion of Poland starting WWII (1939)
02: V-J Day; Japan Signed Formal Surrender (1945)
07: Grandparent’s Day
09: Continental Congress authorizes name “United States” (1776)
10: US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated (1962)
11: Patriot’s Day
13: TREA BOD Meeting (0900); General Membership Meeting (1000)
14: "Star Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key (1814) ; Congress Passes Draft Law
17: US Constitution Approved (1787) ; Citizenship Day (Constitution Day)
18: US Air Force Established (1947)
19: POW/MIA Established (1947)
22: Autumn Begins
28: Gold Star Mother’s Day
29: VFW Established (1899)
Oct
04: Fun4Funds2008
07: War on Terror Began (2001)
11: General Membership Meeting (1000)
12: Columbus Day
13: USN Established (1775) ; Columbus Day Observed
14: National Children’s Day
20: National Veterans Creative Arts Festival
23: TREA chartered by Congress (1992)
24: United Nation’s Day
27: Navy Day
31: Hallowed Ween
Nov
02: Daylight Savings Time Ends (Move Clock Back)
04: Election Day
08: General Membership Meeting
10: USMC Established (1775)
11: Signing of WWI Armistice (1918) ; Veterans Day
19: Gettysburg Address Delivered by Abraham Lincoln (1863)
20: Great American Smokeout
27: Thanksgiving Day
29: 1st Army-navy football game (1890)
Dec
07: National Pearl Harbor Day
08: War Declared on Japan (1941)
10: Human Rights Day
11: Germany & Italy Declared War on US (1941)
13: Holiday Party (TBD); National Guard Birthday (1636)
15: Bill of Rights Day
16: Battle of the Bulge (1944)
21: Winter Begins; Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock
25: Christmas Day
31: Official End of WWII (1946)
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