Hoeven Calls for National "Day of the Deployed" to Recognize Soldiers' Sacrifices

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Soldiers' Angels gratefully announces the support of Senator John Hoeven for a national Day of the Deployed.  Senator Hoeven recently introduced S. Res. 253 in the U.S. Senate to designate Oct. 26, 2011 as Day of the Deployed in recognition of the sacrifices of U.S. servicemen and women currently deployed around the world.  Today he called on his fellow Senators to co-sponsor the resolution.

In 2006, Soldiers' Angels asked then-Governor Hoeven to sign the first ever Day of the Deployed proclamation in honor of deployed warriors from North Dakota.  A growing nationwide movement, Day of the Deployed has been celebrated every October 26 since 2006 with events, parties, governors' proclamations and pomp and circumstance in support of our nation's deployed troops and their families.  Americans have used the Day to reaffirm their patriotism and allegiance to our flag and country, and to honor our brave men and women in uniform who are selflessly putting their lives on the line to protect and preserve our way of life.

Soldiers' Angels encourages patriotic Americans to support S. Res. 253 by communicating the importance of this national day of honor to their state senators by letter, email or phone call requesting they co-sponsor S. Res. 253 with Senator John Hoeven.  Contact info for all senators is available at www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

The Day of the Deployed proclamation has received the support of 40 governors across the nation who signed their own state proclamations honoring service members in the state they governed.  Soldiers' Angels is proud to see this declaration of troop support honored state by state, but believes it is time to make Day of the Deployed a national day of honor and welcomes Sen. Hoeven's role in bringing that about.  

October 26 is a day of honor originated by Soldiers' Angels and recognizing our deployed service members and their families.  Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit with hundreds of thousands of volunteers providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, veterans and their families. (Tax ID# 20-058-3415). Questions regarding Day of the Deployed will be answered at [email protected]

SOURCE Soldiers' Angels