America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend our freedoms and our way of life.

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty.

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration.

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.