History of Veterans Day

The Coach's Team ^ | November 12, 2016 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

[darkwing104]

The Great War--World War I--officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. November 11, 1918 is generally regarded as the end of “The Great War.”

One year later, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. He declared, "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory…"

Armistice Day, a day of celebration was observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m. In 1926 The United States Congress officially recognized November 11 as the end of World War I by passing a concurrent resolution stating: the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.

A Congressional Act 5 U.S. Code § 6103 – Holidays, approved on May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I. In 1954, after World War II and the Korean War

[darkwing104]

[PGalt]

Thanks to all who have served, all who are serving and all who will serve in the future. America’s finest BUMP!

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[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Up North, we call it ‘Remembrance Day’, a day honouring those Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen, who fought and died in WWI, WWII, the Korean Conflict, and those who have died in the service of Canada in ‘peacekeeping’ and ‘peacemaking’ operations.

A fact often missed by many Americans is that in WWI, 53,000 Americans died, out of a population of approximately 100,000,000 while Canada suffered 68,000 deaths out of a population of 8,000,000. Of course for Canada, the war started in 1914, not 1917.

May God watch over those serving their fellow citizens (Canadian and American), to protect us from those who would destroy and/or subjugate us.