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National Veterans Award Dinner

A perpetual National Veterans Award was created in Birmingham for America's first official National Veterans Day observance November 11, 1954 as authorized by Congress. Its purpose is to honor an outstanding veteran in the United States each year who has made the greatest contribution to further the patriotic interests of veterans and veteran organizations throughout the country.

The award is presented each year at a special dinner during the National Veterans Day in Birmingham observance activities. Outstanding speakers present inspiring and timely information at this dinner and participate in the presentation of the award.

The recipient of the National Veterans Award for 2007 is  H.C. "Barney" Barnum, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. The dinner speaker will be Marty Conatser, National Commander of the American Legion.

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