Obama Snubs Heroes — The Blogosphere has been abuzz this past week, particularly in military circles, about newly-inaugurated President Barack Obama’s conspicuous absence at the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball honoring Medal of Honor recipients.
The event, sponsored by the American Legion and 13 other veterans service organizations, has been an inaugural tradition for every President since its inception, at the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.
In attendance last week at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington were 48 of the 99 living MOH recipients. To those who understand the sacrifice and heroism that results in an award of the Medal of Honor (most of which are awarded posthumously, including all those awarded in the global war on terror thus far), there cannot have been a more hallowed hall on inauguration night. Yet the new President