Nov 11, 2023
Veterans Day 2023
This Veterans Day 2023 Doodle features peer-to-peer support across the veteran community.
This Doodle’s Key Themes
About the Veteran's Day 2023 Doodle
Today’s hand-crafted, annual Veterans Day Doodle was created by Puerto Rican guest artist Lindsay “Bones” Cordero, U.S. Air Force veteran and mental health advocate. The Doodle artwork focuses on the importance of peer-to-peer support across the veteran community, representing individuals from each branch of the military and across the five generations of living veterans today.
Learn more about what Google’s Veterans Network is doing to support veterans – from deploying a team of Google.org fellows to help build a tool that supports veterans’ mental health, to supporting economic opportunity for veterans and military families.
Behind the Doodle
About the Guest Artist
Today’s Doodle was created by Washington DC-based guest artist Lindsay “Bones” Cordero. Here she shares her thoughts behind the making of this Doodle.
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