Veteran's Day

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** FILE ** Soldiers from Fort Hood march during the annual Veterans Day parade outside of Fort Hood in downtown Killeen, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009. (Associated Press)

Audience members stand as candidates receive their certificates signifying them as officially becoming US Citizens during a special naturalization ceremony commemorating Veterans Day at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial., in Arlington, VA., Wednesday, November 13, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Phuongloan Pham, from Vietnam, raises her right hand to take the Oath of Allegiance before officially become a US Citizen during a special naturalization ceremony commemorating Veterans Day at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial., in Arlington, VA., Wednesday, November 13, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Candidates wait in their seats to officially become US Citizens during a special naturalization ceremony commemorating Veterans Day at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial., in Arlington, VA., Wednesday, November 13, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Candidates stand and raise their right hand to take the Oath of Allegiance before officially become US Citizens during a special naturalization ceremony commemorating Veterans Day at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial., in Arlington, VA., Wednesday, November 13, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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African American Civil War Re-Enactors, left, listen to speeches during a Veterans Day Wreath Laying and Commemoration at the African American Civil War Museum on Veterans Day, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 11, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)