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Veterans Day
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In Remembrance of those honorable and brave men and women
who have served, or are serving, our Armed Forces in defense and preservation
of our precious freedoms. Freedoms, I am sorry to say, that many Americans
often take for granted, and with little thought or regard of those who have
paid the ultimate price by shedding their own life's blood so We may enjoy
such wonderful freedoms. As a Nation of people, We must always remember
that "...freedom is not free". Individually and collectively,
We must be continually vigilant and fight those --- whether they be a sneaky
bureaucrat, an official, any person or group, or another country --- who
may try to take them away.
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Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day , is a special annual holiday in
the United States for Americans to give honor and thanks to all those,
living and dead, who have served with the U.S. armed forces in wartime.
Most states observe the holiday on November 11 and others on the fourth
Monday of October. Armistice Day , the forerunner of Veterans Day, was
proclaimed in 1919 to commemorate the termination (at 11 AM on November
11, 1918) of World War I. On the first anniversary of the truce, U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation eulogizing fallen Allied
soldiers and referring to November 11 as Armistice Day . It became a holiday
in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Canada. The holiday acquired
its present name and broadened significance in the U.S. in 1954. In Canada
it is known as Remembrance Day , and in Great Britain, as Remembrance
Sunday .
Information and Graphic by Gene Eggers. Thanks Gene
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