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Hometown Of Armalite Rifles Commemorates Veterans Day 11-11-11
Veterans Day 2011 In Geneseo, Illinois

Hometown Of Armalite Rifles Commemorates Veterans Day 11-11-11

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Geneseo, IL – -(Ammoland.com)- Every year, Veterans Day is much the same in Geneseo: the volunteers gather before dawn to unfurl and set up hundreds of flags in the city park.

Each flag honors a veteran from this tiny town.

The number of flags grows every year. How can there be so many in such a small place?

The woman’s club is up early too, setting up hot coffee and pastries for the volunteers a block from the park at the VFW. The VFW members stand at attention as the noon siren shrieks. The siren is very close and very loud.

The veterans wait for the siren to fade and fire a 21 gun salute. A close-cropped man surely still in his 20’s stops a rusty car filled with children. He stands in the middle of the street with a stiff salute. No one honks at the stop to traffic. There are a lot of tears, none are suppressed.

This year the routine of long years differs slightly. After the salute, the small, mostly elderly crowd hurries into the hall for lunch. Usually they stay gathered on the sidewalk visiting. But this year is cold and windy.

At the park, the flags flying since dawn are now snapping. They seem louder than the wind itself. A small group, they look like family, circles a single flag. They’re holding hands. The words, “home soon,” come on the wind. The rest is blown away. So goes 11-11-11 in Geneseo, Illinois.

Veterans Day 2011 In Geneseo, Illinois

Veterans Day 2011 In Geneseo, Illinois

Veterans Day 2011 In Geneseo, Illinois

Veterans Day 2011 In Geneseo, Illinois

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The California Department of Fish and Game Honors Disabled Veterans

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California --(Ammoland.com)- The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds veterans that service-related injuries need not keep them from enjoying wildlife and the great outdoors.

America’s disabled veterans get a break on the price of sport fishing and hunting licenses and are provided some special opportunities.

DFG offers reduced-fee hunting and fishing licenses to both resident and nonresident disabled veterans. Any honorably discharged, disabled veteran with a 50 percent or greater service-connected disability who wants to hunt birds or mammals, or fish in California is eligible. The 2011 Sport Fishing License (Reduced – Disabled Veteran) and Disabled Veteran Hunting License cost only $6.44 when purchased at DFG license counters.

Special hunting blinds have been constructed to be accessible to people with mobility impairments at some state wildlife areas and ecological reserves, and at some National Wildlife Refuges.

DFG also works with military installations on wildlife management and provides tags for those installations to issue to military personnel for deer and Tule elk hunting opportunities.

“We recognize the service, commitment and sacrifice of our veterans, military members and their families by offering special hunting opportunities when and where we can,” said Charlton H. Bonham, Director of DFG. “Veterans, and especially disabled American veterans, are all heroes who have accomplished the remarkable, often during the worst of times. For that, we are truly grateful.”

The first disabled hunting license must be purchased from a DFG License Sales Office. Proof of having taken a hunter safety course and certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs or a copy of a previous year’s California Disabled Veteran Hunting License is required at the time of application.

These offices are located in Eureka, Fresno, Los Alamitos, Monterey, Napa, Rancho Cordova, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego and Stockton. Hours, addresses and phone numbers can be found on the DFG website at www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/officelocation.html. Subsequent licenses may be purchased from any license agent or online.

Fish and Game Code, section 7150, authorizes DFG to issue Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing Licenses to anglers who meet specific criteria. Additional validations or cards are required for certain species and areas and must be purchased at the regular fee.

All California sport fishing licenses are valid Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 each year, and make excellent holiday gifts for veterans. The 2012 reduced-fee fishing license applications are on our website at www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing/sportfishingfreereduced.html. Reduced-fee hunting license applications are at www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/hunting/reducedfee.html (hunting licenses are valid July 1 through June 30).

Fishing and hunting regulations and more information about licenses are available on the DFG website at www.dfg.ca.gov.

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