Honoring Our Veterans on Veterans Day

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On this day, we honor the men and women who are serving our country as members of the armed forces.  All of them are heroes just for protecting and serving the citizens of the United States of America.  Today we thank all that are serving now, those that served in the past and particularly those that have made the ultimate sacrifice.  It’s appropriate on Veteran’s Day 2013 to remind us of the circumstances of how this day came to pass. 

On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11^th as Armistice Day.  What does “Armistice” mean?  According to the dictionary, it means a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce.  President Wilson chose November 11^th because it was one year to the day after the end of World War I ─ “the war to end all wars.”  This original holiday was set aside to honor the veterans of World War I.  There was hope that there would be no more wars.  Sadly, we have experienced many since 1919. 

On May 13, 1938, Armistice Day became a legal holiday ─ a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace.  In 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of our armed forces in the Nation’s history and after our forces fought in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by changing the word "Armistice" to "Veterans."   On June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

So isn’t this the perfect day to thank the men and women that serve our country every day and remember those that have served all of us in the past and wish them a Happy Veterans Day?

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─Jeff Wald, Executive Director, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

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