A parade led by a military color guard opens the annual Veterans Day Observance on Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. This year's event especially honored Veterans of the Vietnam War.
New York
U.S. Marines march up Fifth Avenue in the 87th Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11, 2005 in New York.
New York
A Korean War Veteran waits to march before the start of the Veterans' Day Parade in New York Nov. 11, 2005. This year's parade is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
New York
People show their support during the 87th Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11, 2005, in New York. The Army, which missed its recruiting goal for 2005, has exceeded its October goals for the active-duty Army as well as the National Guard and Reserve.
Washington, D.C.
Survivors of the Battle of Ia Drang greet each other during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall Nov. 11, 2005, in Washington, D.C. The Battle of Ia Drang Vally in 1965 was the first major engagement between the U.S. Army and the People's Army of Vietnam.
Washington, D.C.
Steven Flatt, right, and his fiance, Natasha Moulton, who wrote a thesis on the Vietnam War, visit the Vietnam Wall before a Veterans Day ceremony at the memorial on the National Mall Nov. 11, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation, was attended by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs U.S. Marine General Peter Pace.
Pennsylvania
President George W. Bush shakes hands with veterans and active duty personnel after he spoke about the war against terror at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Tobyhanna, Pa., Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. In a Veterans Day speech, Bush offered a forceful defense of the war in Iraq, saying it is the central front in the war on terror and that extremists are trying to establish a radical Muslim empire extending from Spain to Indonesia.
New Hampshire
Earl Pettiford, a member of the American Legion Post 6 Color Guard in Portsmouth, N.H., pauses during the Portsmouth Central Veteran's Council services at Goodwin Park Friday, Nov. 11, 2005.
New York
Vincent Pete Tollis, with his companion Carol Buckland, left, salutes friends in the crowd after receiving the Purple Heart and Prisoner of War medal for his service in World War II at a Veterans Day ceremony in his hometown of Lima, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. Tollis' plane was shot down and he spent 16 months as a German prisoner of war before being liberated in 1945.
Washington, D.C
Vice President Dick Cheney lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2005, at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Colorado
Peter Vellegos places flowers at the grave site of his brother, John, at Fort Logan National Cemetery on Veteran's Day in Denver, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. John Vellegos served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
Canada
Veterans march in a parade during Remembrance Day ceremonies Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in Quebec City.
Serbia and Montenegro
A Serbia and Montenegro officer salutes as soldiers lay wreaths on the Serbian World War I soldiers memorial during a Remembrance Day commemoration in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. In Europe, Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is dedicated to members of the armed forces who were killed during war, and recalls the end of Word War I in 1918.
Afghanistan
Corporal Kristie McKay, with Task Force Afghanistan, places her poppy in a wreath following a ceremony held at Kandahar Airfield on Nov. 11, 2005. Canadians led the multi-national ceremony where deployed Canadian, American and British military forces gathered to remember those who died for their country.
England
Lloyds of London workers stand in silence during an annual wreath laying ceremony for Armistice Day in the Lloyds Underwriting Room in the City of London, Friday Nov. 11, 2005. Hundreds of Lloyds staff observed a two-minute silence in memory of killed and wounded British soldiers.
Belgium
British and Belgian World War II veterans attend a ceremony at the Menin gate in Ieper, Belgium to commemorate the fallen soldiers of World War I on Nov. 11, 2005. Belgium marked the 87th anniversary of the end of the war with somber ceremonies, with King Albert laying a wreath at the nation's tomb of the unknown soldier.
England
British war veterans observe Armistice Day on the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th month at Bedworth Cenotaph on Nov. 11, 2005, in Bedworth, England. The Armistice Day service was held to remember servicemen and women who died fighting for Britain in war. People across the country and the Commonwealth also observed a two-minute silence.
England
A Chelsea pensioner wears his medals as veterans hold their Armistice Day Parade on the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th month at Bedworth Cenotaph on Nov. 11, 2005, in Bedworth, England. People across the country and the Commonwealth also observed a two-minute silence to remember the servicemen and women who died in war.
Michigan
Pentwater, Mich., kindergarten student Billy Sprool holds up the American flag during the Pledge of Allegiance Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, as the school honored local veterans.
Veteran George Parker watches as the statue "Reverence" is unveiled at Veterans Memorial Park, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Clarksville, Tenn.