Where to honor veterans all year round

If you want to grab a bite with some vets, there’s no better place to do it than at The Bomber, one of the most incredible mom and pop diners in Oregon. Perched outside this restaurant is the business’ namesake, a full-size B17 Bomber. The restaurant has turned into a de facto museum with walls lined with memorabilia from WWII.

The USS Midway Museum is located on the USS Midway, the longest serving aircraft carrier of this century. It's docked in San Diego, a city that is rich in naval aircraft history. Admission includes a guided audio tour that takes visitors throughout the ship, from the engine room and flight control to the galley and the brig.

Pay your respects to some of the hardest working planes that the military has seen at the Pima Air and Space Museum. Don't miss out on the bus tour to the AMARG, the airplane boneyard where thousands of decommissioned planes sit. The highlight of the hour-and-a-half tour is "Celebrity Row," which features some of the most illustrious planes in the whole graveyard.

South Dakota is the setting for one of the most top secret projects in the U.S., a field of 150 Minuteman II nuclear missiles, armed and ready for launch at a moments notice during the Cold War. The missile field lies in the shadow of Mount Rushmore but in the 1990s, the whole site was unarmed and preserved as an educational site for future generations.

Home to the National World War I Museum, featuring artifacts, interactive displays, and more, Liberty Memorial is worth a visit at night when the top of the tower is lit up.

Gettysburg is the kind of place you could make a quick stop, or spend a full day exploring. The battlefield roads make it easy to drive from one monument or site to the next.

Arlington National Cemetery is located Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Laid to rest within its 624 acres are the dead of all of the nation's conflicts beginning with the Civil War, alongside Presidents and prominent military figures.