Virginia provided housing to 1,432 homeless veterans last year, more than double the 620 identified in January as part of an annual one-day count of the homeless.
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World War II veteran Russell Beggs, 92, of Highland Springs and his daughter, Tina Berkley, carry a wreath from the Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 219 of Richmond, at the Virginia War Memorial where the wreath was placed with others in observance of Veterans Day. Nov. 11, 2015.
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Vietnam veteran Donald Matthews talks about his great uncle, WWI hero, Private Douglas R. Matthews, who was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart medal at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015. Awarding the medal were retired US Navy commanders John Gawne (right) and Mark Anderson, both of Virginia Beach. Donald Matthews' daughter, Martha Matthews Alsup (far left) holds the Purple Heart and a photo of Douglas Matthews. Matthews, born in Tennessee in 1896, served with Battery D. 124th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Division and was killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France where he is buried.
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Detail of the Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to the family of WWI hero, Private Douglas R. Matthews, at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015. Matthews, born in Tennessee in 1896, served with Battery D. 124th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Division and was killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France where he is buried.
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U.S. Army veteran Angel Willliams, left, and husband Butch Williams, a U.S. Marine Vietnam veteran, embrace during the playing of bagpipes at the Virginia War Memorial during the Veterans Day ceremony there. The couple lives in Powhatan. Nov. 11, 2015.
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Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, carry the Commonwealth Memorial Wreath at the Virginia War Memorial where the wreath was placed with others in observance of Veterans Day. Nov. 11, 2015.
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial where he announced that Virginia is the first state in the nation to functionally end veteran homelessness Nov. 11, 2015.
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PHOTOS: Veterans Day at the Virginia War Memorial
Photos from the annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015.
World War II veteran Russell Beggs, 92, of Highland Springs and his daughter, Tina Berkley, carry a wreath from the Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 219 of Richmond, at the Virginia War Memorial where the wreath was placed with others in observance of Veterans Day. Nov. 11, 2015.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Vietnam veteran Donald Matthews talks about his great uncle, WWI hero, Private Douglas R. Matthews, who was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart medal at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015. Awarding the medal were retired US Navy commanders John Gawne (right) and Mark Anderson, both of Virginia Beach. Donald Matthews' daughter, Martha Matthews Alsup (far left) holds the Purple Heart and a photo of Douglas Matthews. Matthews, born in Tennessee in 1896, served with Battery D. 124th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Division and was killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France where he is buried.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY
Detail of the Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to the family of WWI hero, Private Douglas R. Matthews, at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015. Matthews, born in Tennessee in 1896, served with Battery D. 124th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Division and was killed in action on Nov. 3, 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France where he is buried.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY
U.S. Army veteran Angel Willliams, left, and husband Butch Williams, a U.S. Marine Vietnam veteran, embrace during the playing of bagpipes at the Virginia War Memorial during the Veterans Day ceremony there. The couple lives in Powhatan. Nov. 11, 2015.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, carry the Commonwealth Memorial Wreath at the Virginia War Memorial where the wreath was placed with others in observance of Veterans Day. Nov. 11, 2015.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial where he announced that Virginia is the first state in the nation to functionally end veteran homelessness Nov. 11, 2015.
- P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
A visitor to the Virginia War Memorial scans the glass wall for the name of a veteran during the Veterans Day ceremony there, Nov. 11, 2015.
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World War II veteran Russell Beggs, 92, of Highland Springs was among the many who attended the Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015.
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The crowd attentively recites the pledge of allegiance during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015.
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The crowd attentively recites the pledge of allegiance during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial, Nov. 11, 2015.
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