To support veterans and their families, organizations sponsor events for a wide range
of purposes. Communities may want to raise awareness or funds, celebrate history,
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or share information about health care, financial assistance, or special programs.
For example, a web search of .org websites using the terms “community events” and
“veterans” yielded well over 2 million results, showing how common these events are.
Community events can also help veterans and their families with community reintegration
Library of Congress
Community events and other ways to gather Veterans’ narratives. Veterans history project.
Community events and other ways to gather Veterans’ narratives. Veterans history project.
https://www.loc.gov/vets/about.html
Date accessed: February 25, 2020
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Publication history
Published online: February 27, 2021
Footnotes
Supported by VA Health Services Research & Development Service, Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, Action Ethnography of Community Reintegration for Veterans with TBI (grant no. SDR 12-302), and Enhancing Veteran Community Reintegration (grant no. ENCORE, IVI 19-487). Contents of this article do not represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.
Disclosures: none.
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