Each year, the National Veterans Day Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama, hosts the Annual National Veterans Awards Dinner the evening before Veterans Day, and the Annual Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham.

The National Veterans Awards Dinner events begin with a reception at 5 p.m., Monday, November 10. A formal dinner begins promptly at 6 p.m. Army Jazz Band players will perform early and lead into the night's keynote speaker, local Veteran of the Year Awards, National Veteran of the Year Award, and Soaring Eagle Award presentations.

Veterans • Active Service Members • Veterans Advocates • Family and Friends

Purchase your tickets or full tables for the National Veterans Awards Dinner through the Purchase Tickets or Purchase Table buttons on this page. Tickets are $75 each, $600 for table of eight (through September 30, 2025). Note: Tickets purchased October 1 through the ticket deadline of October 15, 2025, are $100 each, or $800 for a full table of eight.

Please select your Veteran Service Organization (VSO) from the choices in the dropdown menu and follow the prompts. Use the Company/Organization line to designate your VSO Post Number as our goal is to seat you with members of your post.

Individual donations to the National Veterans Day Foundation will be used to offset the costs of the National Veterans Awards Dinner and the Annual Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham.

Corporate sponsorships are also available.

National Veterans Day Foundation, Inc., is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 47-3390214.