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Looking like they'd wandered into a Mondrian painting, these vets were part of a crowd of soldiers and veterans that gathered at Madison Square Park for last Thursday's Veterans Day Parade.  The sky was a cloudless blue and the morning bright and mild.

Vets of every description gathered before the parade

IAVA gave out hoodies that proclaim "We've got your back." And they do, providing resources and assistance to soldiers transitioning back from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as advocating for better services for veterans and their families.

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In honor of Veterans Day 2012, I'm copying a post I wrote two years ago for Veterans Day 2010.