1.   Veterans had gathered to celebrate the reopening of the base control tower which had stood derelict for over thirty years.

2.   Americans were also scarce at the huge center erected in Hyde Park where veterans gathered for food, drink, entertainment and to renew acquaintances.

3.   At the Vietnam Memorial, veterans gathered for what has become an annual pilgrimage for many.

4.   Elderly veterans gathered at the sprawling Victory Park.

5.   The following day, the veterans gathered in front of a makeshift fence blocking them from the front of the Capitol.

6.   The women veterans gathered in a circle and told their stories of sexual abuse in the military.

7.   These mostly older veterans gather many times a month to fire a tribute, salute and fold the flag at the graveside services of Missouri veterans.

8.   As peace is sought in Kosovo, World War II veterans gather to commemorate the D-Day landings.

9.   Canadian veterans also gathered at a war cemetery in Groesbeek, Netherlands, to bid a solemn farewell to the friends who fell on the battlefields of Holland.

10.   Services were held across the country, from Alabama to West Virginia and in New York City, where veterans gathered for a memorial on the battleship Intrepid.