Veterans Day 2012 Multi-Server Event: Honor Thy Soldier

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

[left] From September 2012. [right] Today, October 29, 2012, Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy at Arlington National Cemetery.


"Soldiers of the 3rd Inf Reg. continue to stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, despite the worsening weather conditions surrounding Hurricane Sandy," the First Army Division East posted earlier in the day on Facebook, along with the photo.

"The Old Guard has guarded the tomb every minute of every day since April 6, 1948," the regiment posted. "Today will be no exception."

I hereby invite the entire DDO community, from ALL SERVERS of Eberron proper to our Veterans Day Ceremony on Sunday, November 11, 2012 !!

* If you do not already reside on Ghallanda, all you need to do is roll a fresh toon on Ghallanda... contact me privately for precise instruction if necessary.

This is for our brave soldiers, I hope to see some of you there!! /Salute

WHEN:

The Tyrs Paladium guild's Veterans Day Ceremony is held each year on November 11th on Ghallanda. This year we join US Marines veteran Bekki, of Thalanis; the ceremony commences on SUNDAY, November 11th, precisely at 3 PM EST and again at 10:00 PM EST.

WHERE:

We will meet this year on the Ghallanda server, in House Deneith, in the Temple of the Sovereign Host. I've created a mini-map for those who may be newish to the game and not know where it is:

WHY:

We will be honoring the brave men and women from the armed forces of the United States, as well as honoring those from all peaceful nations that we are proud to call our friends. This is a worldwide event. In DDO, we share this unique bond, regardless of server, guild, player level, player skill or lack thereof.

DEDICATION:

We will be dedicating this multi-server event to paralyzed veterans. We also recommend those interested to support this awesome organization, Paralyzed Veterans of America. They were founded by a band of service members who came home from World War II with a spinal cord injury.

They returned to a grateful nation, but also to a world with few solutions to the challenges they faced. They made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors to society. They created Paralyzed Veterans of America, an organization dedicated to veterans service, medical research and civil rights for people with disabilities.

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THE CEREMONY:

We will begin our ceremony with a short poetry recital, proceed with a "Parade of Colors," view two short custom videos created by the Tyrs Paladium guild (be sure to have your browser of choice open in the background, ready to cut CTRL-C & paste CTRL V the links in to view with the group), then end our ceremony with our unique version of the "21 Gun Salute", honoring veterans and veteran organizations, and those we've lost throughout the World.

Feel free to wear your most COLORFUL outfits!!! The ceremony is intended to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces, and from other peace-seeking nations throughout the World. Please be respectful, as some who come, have lost family and friends and appreciate our moment of shared-silence, remembrance, and brotherhood. Other nations use various designations such as "Poppy Day" or "Armistice Day" instead of Veterans Day. We openly welcome the Euro community to join us, as well as any non-American, non-European that finds value in what we will be doing.

Our guild's last three Veteran's Day ceremonies were made public, and we were humbled by the response each time. This year, we continue our mission, and seek the support of anyone who has a desire to show their support of the troops from ALL PEACEFUL NATIONS, together with your fellow gamers we've spent so much time with playing with.

Like the last two years, the video stream of our entire event will be sent to my long time buddy Jim Leary and his unit in Kabul, Afghanistan, who will in turn ensure it gets passed around to his many, many brothers and sisters serving in harms way.

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We highly recommend that you give a little bit of your time and resources to your local community's veteran's association/organization if you are able. Veterans and their families can benefit directly in various ways.

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Feel free to share our experience with others, so that the hearts and souls of the soldiers we hold within can be appreciated by the masses.


God bless, and hope to see a few of you drop by.