As a followup to yesterday’s thread about Obama not attending the Salute to Heroes Ball, it was brought up late in the thread that there seemed to be mention of the ball on the web anywhere except for stories linking back to the original story about Obama not attending.

The original story was written by a guy who was physically there, but in the spirit of fact-checking lizards, several people searched around to corroborate. It was quickly verified, but for completeness, I emailed the American Legion who threw the ball and got back this reply today:

Good afternoon,

In answer to your inquiry:

The American Legion, as it has on every inauguration day since 1953, hosted the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Banquet & Ball on January 20th. The quadrennial event is co-sponsored with fourteen fellow veterans service and military service organizations and honors recipients of the Medal of Honor. Forty-seven of these heroes attended this year’s event which was held in the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel.

President Obama was invited but did not attend. Vice-President Joe Biden did appear, however, and was very warmly received.

Many thanks,

(Name)

Media Relations Manager
The American Legion
(Address)

This ties up the last teeny loose end, IMHO.