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We explored the main floor and found a huge food court, a general store that carried everything from bandaids to flat screen TVs &#8211; no sales tax for veterans. There&#8217;s more&#8230; upstairs in a quiet, peaceful corner was a lovely chapel. It was tough to see some of the injured soldiers, but it did my heart good to see the quality of services available to the men and women who have served our country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an experience I had today. \u00a0My stepmom&#8217;s 2nd husband, who&#8217;s a veteran, had to go in for some tests at the veterans center in Los Angeles so I took them both in today. \u00a0We were in the main hospital building and it was not at all what I expected. \u00a0I saw state-of-the-art equipment, efficient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dear-diary","category-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What an experience I had today. 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