In May you wore remembrance icons in honor of Memorial Day. In June you waved flag icons to celebrate Independence Day. This month the Support Veterans group is providing you with four new icons to show your support of soldiers and veterans, no matter the occasion. By participating, you could be our daily points winner.
Right-click on any of the icons below, save it to your computer and then upload it as the main image in your Gather profile. Here's what you can choose from:
Support family, friends, and other soldiers currently serving in the military. | Support our veterans who are living and those who have passed. |
Are you a veteran or active service member? Proudly wear this icon!
| Are you a member of the Support Veterans group on Gather? Or are you a supporter of Paralyzed Veterans of America? This is the icon for you! |
You could receive 500 points for your participation! Here's how it works:
- If you're not already a member, join Veterans.gather.com
- Upload one of the four icons above as the main photo in your profile
- Leave a comment below to tell us why you chose that icon.
*These Gather points cannot be used towards becoming a cash earner.
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hugs- DN
Several other members of my family have served and some are serving at this time.
I also chose mine because to me the hand over the heart is such a huge sign of respect and it has the flag.
Great Promotion Speedy!
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I would participate, but I haven't changed my basic icon in over two years!
I lost someone who was like a son to me in Iraq in 2004 (he was ambushed) and I know a few good men who have passed away. 3 to be exact. My uncle, my neighbor and my father in law all veterans who have passed on.
I am a Navy veteran, although I served for a very very short time. I did what I could, though, and my heart was fully in it. I would make the same choice to enlist again, even knowing that I would develop Crohn's Disease while on active duty. My husband is also a veteran and currently contracts for the Army after ending active duty last October.
served and who are now serving. These men and women,
have served , protected , and even helped me grow .
What can I give to those who have given me everything?
They do it daily by giving up homes, families, careers, and even their
own bodies or lives?
Gratitude? In my small way this little icon tells exactly how I feel and is a fraction of my thanks to the troops..
Upload your icons! You still have time to earn points for your participation and support.
USN 1973 - 1977 and USNR 1980 - 1985
I also served as a Navy wife for twenty of my huband's twenty one years:
USN-Ret 1972 - 1993
PS are we allowed to edit the icons at all?!?!
GOD BLESS AMERICA,
Thanks for the Forum to remember an American Hero.
August 30, 2007
Richard Jewell, 44, Hero of Atlanta Attack, Dies
By KEVIN SACK
ATLANTA, Aug. 29 — Richard A. Jewell, whose transformation from heroic security guard to Olympic bombing suspect and back again came to symbolize the excesses of law enforcement and the news media, died Wednesday at his home in Woodbury, Ga. He was 44.
The cause of death was not released, pending the results of an autopsy that will be performed Thursday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But the coroner in Meriwether County, about 60 miles southwest of here, said that Mr. Jewell died of natural causes and that he had battled serious medical problems since learning he had diabetes in February.
The coroner, Johnny E. Worley, said that Mr. Jewell's wife, Dana, came home from work Wednesday morning to check on him after not being able to reach him by telephone. She found him dead on the floor of their bedroom, he said. Mr. Worley said Mr. Jewell had suffered kidney failure and had had several toes amputated since the diabetes diagnosis.
"He just started going downhill ever since," Mr. Worley said.
The heavy-set Mr. Jewell, with a country drawl and a deferential manner, became an instant celebrity after a bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in the early hours of July 27, 1996, at the midpoint of the Summer Games. The explosion, which propelled hundreds of nails through the darkness, killed one woman, injured 111 people and changed the mood of the Olympiad.
Only minutes earlier, Mr. Jewell, who was working a temporary job as a guard, had spotted the abandoned green knapsack that contained the bomb, called it to the attention of the police, and started moving visitors away from the area. He was praised for the quick thinking that presumably saved lives.
But three days later, he found himself identified in an article in The Atlanta Journal as the focus of police attention, leading to several searches of his apartment and surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and by reporters who set upon him, he would later say, "like piranha on a bleeding cow."
The investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement officers lasted until late October 1996 and included a number of bungled tactics, including an F.B.I. agent's effort to question Mr. Jewell on camera under the pretense of making a training film.
In October 1996, when it became obvious that Mr. Jewell had not been involved in the bombing, the Justice Department formally cleared him.
"The tragedy was that his sense of duty and diligence made him a suspect," said John R. Martin, one of Mr. Jewell's lawyers. "He really prided himself on being a professional police officer, and the irony is that he became the poster child for the wrongly accused."
In 2005, Eric R. Rudolph, a North Carolina man who became a suspect in the subsequent bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., pleaded guilty to the Olympic park attack. He is serving a life sentence.
Even after being cleared, Mr. Jewell said he never felt he could outrun his notoriety. He sued several major news media outlets and won settlements from NBC and CNN. His libel case against his primary nemesis, Cox Enterprises, the Atlanta newspaper's parent company, wound through the courts for a decade without resolution, though much of it was dismissed along the way.
After memories of the case subsided, Mr. Jewell took jobs with several small Georgia law enforcement agencies, most recently as a Meriwether County sheriff's deputy in 2005. Col. Chuck Smith, the chief deputy, called Mr. Jewell "very, very conscientious" and said he also served as a training officer and firearms instructor.
Mr. Jewell is survived by his wife and by his mother, Barbara.
Last year, Mr. Jewell received a commendation from Gov. Sonny Perdue, who publicly thanked him on behalf of the state for saving lives at the Olympics.
It's ok to make changes with the colors as you have or to pull in a regular icon as Dnbuster has done.
Please remember, you must be a member of veterans.gather.com to be eligible to receive these points.
Several of my cousins and one uncle are current or former military men, and my neighbor is a veteran.
I thought that this was the most appropriate icon for me.
God Bless America, the troops, and their families!
Active Duty Army National Guard Wife Here!!!
I celebrate and honor in a variety of ways, but something else is in my spotlight at the moment.
Day 3 recipient Sandra V.
Day 4 recipient Ghostly - Rates more than she comments - Ghoul
Day 5 recipient *~*~Sherry~*~* ~*~*
They are all receiving 500 Gather Points!
***Many people are forgetting to join veterans.gather.com. Remember you have to join the group to be eligible to receive these points.***
Sorry, folks, you're going to be stuck looking at my mug in perpetuity.
Incidentally, I chose the "I support our veterans" logo because of the reason above. I really liked the "Support our Troops" logo, but would have prefered it to read "Protect our Troops" instead.
Why not show my support by posting an icon telling the world that I'm proud of those who serve? My life is better because of their service and sacrifice.
My husband is a veteran, my father was a veteran, my brother is aveteran, I have a B-I-L who is currently serving in Afganistan
Day 6 recipient Jennifer H.!
She's receiving 500 Gather Points!
Day 7 recipient ♠♠(Just~♠DN♠~) ♠♠ &.!
DN is receiving 500 Gather Points!
I support Soldiers and Vets