American Veterans Center Annual Conference

2008 Tentative Schedule available here
Special reduced rate for early registration through September 13!

Our Heroes
American Veterans Center
Annual Awards

Each year, the American Veterans Center’s conference is capped off with a gala awards banquet, which honors distinguished veterans from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Read about the Center’s awards
and the citations of the recipients

Hear Their Stories

The sessions at each year’s conference are recorded, so that these veterans’ stories are preserved for decades to come. Many of the video clips from previous conferences have been archived on our website, including panels on D-Day, Okinawa, the Doolittle Raid, the Vietnam POW experience, and the epic battle of Fallujah.

Watch our heroic veterans share their experiences at previous conferences.

Click play to watch "Buck" Compton talk about the meaning behind Band of Brothers, and the importance of recognizing all World War II veterans.

Nov 6-8
Washington, D.C.
America’s Greatest Heroes Gather
The eleventh Annual Conference

Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot of Jimmy Doolittle on their legendary attack on Japan, recalls his experience in the raid at the 2006 conference, as televised by C-Span. The Doolittle Raiders will once again join us at the 2008 conference.

For the last decade, the World War II Veterans Committee, and now the American Veterans Center, has brought together some of America’s most distinguished veterans for an annual conference held over Veterans Day weekend, at which they share their experiences with an audience of several hundred high school and college students, as well as fellow veterans and members of the public. Participating in the conference have been such legendary veterans as the Doolittle Raiders, Band of Brothers, Flying Tigers, and Tuskegee Airmen, as well as Medal of Honor recipients, Vietnam POWs, and decorated young service members who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A wreath-laying ceremony is held as part of the annual conference at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, led by WWII veteran and baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller and Iwo Jima combat veteran Donald Mates.

The conference has also been televised nationwide on C-Span, reaching thousands of viewers, and giving a voice to our veterans. As with all of our programming, the annual conference allows these veterans to pass their knowledge and experience on to the next generation, and helps to build an appreciation for the sacrifices our military men and women have made in the defense of our country. In addition, the conference features wreath-laying ceremonies at our nation’s war memorials, private receptions for attendees with the veterans, and the annual awards banquet which honors the valor of America’s finest veterans From World War II, Korea, and Vietnam all the way to Iraq and Afghanistan, the American Veterans Center’s annual conference is one of our nation’s premiere educational opportunities to learn, first-hand, from our greatest heroes.

Registration is now open,
and full schedule is available!

View the full 2008 conference schedule
Download the 2008 conference registration form. (Special reduced rate for early registration through September 13!)
To request information on attending, please contact us.

View the 2007 conference program
and to see who joined us last year.

We rely solely upon the generosity of people and organizations like you:
People that know that the Annual Veterans Conference gathers together our bravest and most knowledgeable veterans to speak with young Americans and meet with fellow veterans.

With your help, we will continue to bring our veterans’ stories of valor and sacrifice to the Nation's capital, and to the public at-large. To make your gift in support of Annual Veterans Conference please click here. All donations are tax-deductable.

American Veterans Center
1100 N. Glebe Rd. Suite 910
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-302-1012