{"id":65323,"date":"2023-11-22T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=65323"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:51:07","slug":"rain-or-shine-samsung-upholds-veterans-day-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/rain-or-shine-samsung-upholds-veterans-day-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain or Shine: Samsung Upholds Veterans Day Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rain or Shine: Samsung Upholds Veterans Day Tradition\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_eJjgepXPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/tag\/samsung-electronics-home-appliances-america-seha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Electronics Home Appliances America (SEHA)<\/a> planted roots in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/the-south-carolina-samsung-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newberry, South Carolina<\/a>, Samsung has looked for ways to enhance the lives, experiences and opportunities for local <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-fisher-house-commitment-support-military-families-memorial-day-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military communities<\/a>, working closely with organizations like the American Legion and the Freedom and Hope Foundation. For the last seven years, Samsung has hosted a Veterans Day Luncheon, providing hundreds of meals to veteran families. It\u2019s become a cherished and honored tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, we look forward to this event to show our commitment and appreciation for those who gave so much,\u201d said Daniel Grove, Head of Human Resources at Samsung Electronics Home Appliances America. \u201cVeterans hold a special place in our community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/shop\/offer-program\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our company<\/a>, and our hearts. We look forward to continuing our efforts and showing the local community <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-dei-amy-belmaggio-veterans-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how important they are<\/a> to the success at Samsung.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, November 11, Samsung hosted the 7th annual Veterans Day Luncheon at the Veterans\u2019 Affairs Office in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-home-appliances-america-celebrates-5-years-in-south-carolina-seha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newberry<\/a>. Despite inclement weather, which canceled the Newberry Veterans Day Parade, Samsung\u2019s drive-thru event was rain or shine. Volunteers braved the rain and handed out 670 meals in a Samsung tote bag with additional branded items and special treats inside.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-fisher-house-commitment-support-military-families-memorial-day-2023\/\" class=\"recommended-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/17152728\/Generic-Card_416x520-1.png\" alt=\"Samsung and Fisher House: A Commitment to Support Military Families\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-category\">Corporate<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Samsung and Fisher House: A Commitment to Support Military Families<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful that Samsung is still participating and helping out so much. We are thankful that Samsung is here <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/veteran-workforce-policy-outlook-2021-future-veterans-advanced-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helping veterans<\/a>,\u201d said Eugene Wilson, Commander of American Legion Post 219 in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/the-south-carolina-samsung-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newberry County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65358\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/21125753\/samsung-veterans-day-2023-newberry-south-carolina.png\" alt=\"Man inside car with Veterans hat shaking hands with man outside during Samsung Veterans Day luncheon in Newberry, South Carolina\" width=\"852\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/21125753\/samsung-veterans-day-2023-newberry-south-carolina.png 852w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/21125753\/samsung-veterans-day-2023-newberry-south-carolina-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Raleigh Hickman, Director of Veteran Affairs in Newberry County, was there on Saturday to help serve the long line of cars wrapped around the building. \u201cThere was no doubt that even though the pouring rain was coming, that we were still going to serve the veterans,\u201d said Hickman. \u201cThey have a connection with Samsung and they feel that Samsung really does care about them genuinely. It\u2019s about them and it\u2019s important to the community that the veterans know their sacrifice <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/veteran-workforce-policy-outlook-2021-future-veterans-advanced-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does not go unnoticed<\/a>. We do appreciate them and we thank Samsung for what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a token of their appreciation, Samsung was presented with a plaque marked with each year of sponsorship and room for many more. Thomas Komaromi, General Counsel for <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/tag\/samsung-electronics-home-appliances-america-seha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEHA<\/a>, was there to receive the plaque on the company\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means so much to see so many veterans come out and remember that Samsung puts this on every year,\u201d Komaromi said. \u201cWe\u2019re just so overjoyed to be partnering with the community and do our small part to say \u2018thank you\u2019 to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veterans<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Samsung Electronics Home Appliances America (SEHA) planted roots in Newberry, South Carolina, Samsung has looked for ways to enhance the lives, experiences and opportunities for local military communities, working closely with organizations like the American Legion and the Freedom and Hope Foundation. For the last seven years, Samsung has hosted a Veterans Day Luncheon, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719],"tags":[30142,9111,30005,249,29810,30548],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-65323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","tag-military","tag-newberry-county-facility","tag-samsung-electronics-home-appliances-america-seha","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-community","tag-workforce-investment"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/21125342\/samsung-veterans-day-luncheon.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/21125342\/samsung-veterans-day-luncheon.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1027,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84685,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65323\/revisions\/84685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65323"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=65323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}