Veterans Day Speakers

Year	Speaker	HostVeteransServiceOrganization
2024	Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States	Fleet Reserve Association
2023	Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States	Veterans of Foreign Wars
2022	Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States	Vietnam Veterans of America
2021	Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States	Jewish War Veterans of the USA
2020		Blinded Veterans Association
2019	Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States	Catholic War Veterans
2018		American G.I. Forum
2017	Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States	Korean War Veterans Association of the USA
2016	Barack Obama, President of the United States	Polish Legion of American Veterans, USA
2015	Barack Obama, President of the United States	Military Officers Association of America
2014	Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States	Disabled American Veterans
2013	Barack Obama, President of the United States	The Congressional Medal of Honor Society
2012	Barack Obama, President of the United States	The Retired Enlisted Association
2011	Barack Obama, President of the United States	Military Order of the World Wars
2010	Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States	Legion of Valor
2009	Barack Obama, President of the United States	Paralyzed Veterans of America
2008	Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States	Military Chaplains Association of the USA
2007	Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States	Marine Corps League
2006	George W. Bush, President of the United States	Military Order of the Purple Heart
2005	Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States	The American Legion
2004	George W. Bush, President of the United States	Non Commissioned Officers Association
2003	George W. Bush, President of the United States	Army & Navy Union
2002	George W. Bush, President of the United States	Blinded Veterans Association
2001	Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States	AMVETS
2000	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Vietnam Veterans of America
1999	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1998	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Catholic War Veterans
1997	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	American Ex-Prisoners of War
1996	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Jewish War Veterans of the USA
1995	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Polish Legion of American Veterans
1994	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Disabled American Veterans
1993	William J. Clinton, President of the United States	Congressional Medal of Honor Society
1992	Anthony J. Principi, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Legion of Valor
1991	George Bush, President of the United States	Paralyzed Veterans of America
1990	Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense	Marine Corps League
1989	Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff	Veterans of World War I
1988	Ronald Reagan, President of the United States	Military Order of the Purple Heart
1987	Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense	The American Legion
1986	Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense	Blinded Veterans Association
1985	Ronald Reagan, President of the United States	AMVETS
1984	Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1983	Harry N. Walters, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Disabled American Veterans
1982	Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense	Congressional Medal of Honor Society
1981	Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense	Legion of Valor
1980	Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Paralyzed Veterans of America
1979	Max Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Marine Corps League
1978	Jimmy Carter, President of the United States	Veterans of World War I
1977	Jimmy Carter, President of the United States	Military Order of the Purple Heart
1976	Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense	The American Legion
1975	Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States	AMVETS
1974	Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1973	Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Disabled American Veterans
1972	Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Congressional Medal of Honor Society
1971	Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States	Legion of Valor
1970	Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Administration	Marine Corps League
1969	David Packard, Deputy Secretary of Defense	Military Order of the Purple Heart
1968	Gen. John P. McConnell, Chief of Staff, USAF	The American Legion
1967	Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of Defense	Veterans of World War I
1966	Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Commandant, USMC	AMVETS
1965	Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1964	John S. Gleason, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Administration	Disabled American Veterans
1963	Gen. David Shoup, USMC	Congressional Medal of Honor Society
1962	Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense	United Spanish War Veterans
1961	John F. Kennedy, President of the United States	Legion of Valor
1960	Gen. Lemuel Shepard, Jr., USMC	Marine Corps League
1959	Gen. Albert Wedermayer, U.S. Army, Retired	The American Legion
1958	Gen. David Sarnoff, USAR	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1957	Col. Joe Foss, Governor of South Dakota	Disabled American Veterans
1956	James Stewart, USAF Reserve	AMVETS
1955	Herbert Hoover, Former President of the United States	United Spanish War Veterans
1954	H. E. Talbot, Secretary of the Air Force	The American Legion
Year	Speaker	HostVeteransServiceOrganization

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