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History of Veterans Day
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. 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. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. 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. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
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It became an observed day passed by Congress in 1938 known as Armistice Day, but was renamed by Congress in 1954 as Veterans' Day to be inclusive of those who served in the recent WWII. Unlike Memorial Day, we must remember it is in honor of those who have served (and even serving) that we now call veterans. Which is us. Thank you Shavonde for presenting the history lesson. It's exactly what I teach my students. Just wish all the poser-patriots running around knew what we do, and why.
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