Parades, feasts make Thanksgiving festive even for soldiers abroad
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(New York-AP) Nov. 25, 2004 - There were parades, home-cooked feasts, and our soldiers even found ways to celebrate far from home.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broadcast a special Christmas message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, expressing pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."
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BAGHDAD -- The customers may be thousands of miles away from their homes and families in America, but on US military bases in Iraq the holiday shopping season has arrived, and business is booming.
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Thanksgiving, which began as a party for immigrants, remains the most accessible American holiday for many newcomers.
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Despite higher gasoline prices, airfare and hotel rates, more people will travel over the river and through the woods to grandmother&#39;s house for Thanksgiving this year.
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President Bush, spending the holiday at the presidential retreat at Camp David, made early morning calls to ten members of the U.S. armed forces Thursday to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service to the nation.
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NEW YORK The holiday season is an especially busy time for global travelers intent on delivering gifts to friends and relatives from faraway places.
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Despite 30-degree temperatures and biting wind, Carl Williams was up at sunrise Thursday to prepare turkey legs, bratwurst, hamburgers and hot dogs on an outdoor grill in Detroit before the city&#39;s annual Thanksgiving Day parade.
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To ensure soldiers at this U.S. base in southwest Germany could participate in the Nov.
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Servicemen and women who gave their lives fighting for Britain are being remembered across the country in Armistice Day ceremonies.
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An informal network of families, schools, and businesses delivers literally tons of holiday morale-boosters to troops.
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CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Louisiana soldiers donned purple, green and gold and climbed onto Army trucks transformed into floats for an early Mardi Gras celebration Sunday, parading through this base west of Baghdad and pelting troops with colorful beads, coins and candies in true New Orleans style.
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Passengers flying toward their Thanksgiving feasts can expect to find crowded airports and packed flights on the way. By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer.
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There's just something about Thanksgiving that brings out the best in some teams.
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Travelers didn&#39;t plan on starting their long Thanksgiving weekend stuck in airports or driving on slippery roads, but then again they hadn&#39;t figured on snow - and a lot of it.
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President Bush celebrated the contributions of veterans and active-duty military ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, saying Saturday that the service of U.S. troops in Iraq has produced democracy for that country and made Americans safer.
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President Bush on Friday called several people serving in the U.S. military to thank them for their service and wish them happy holidays.