Wednesday, January 21, 2009

FB-POTUS-CIC #44 Blows off Medal Honor Ball

According to This ain't Hell, FB-POTUS-CIC #44 decided that showing up at the Salute To Heroes Inaugural Ball was optional. The ball has been attended by an incoming POTUS since President Eisenhower.

The American Legion sponsors the ball, which recognizes recipients of Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. It started in 1953 for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first inauguration.

Event co-sponsors include 13 other veterans service organizations, among them the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.




Guess he had better things to do than hang around with Medal of Honor Heroes.