Happy Veteran’s Day! It is with gratitude that we honor our veterans past and present. Veteran’s Day began in 1919 as Armistice Day, a remembrance of the first World War and the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice recognizing its’ end on 11 November 1918. President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name to Veteran’s […]
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Originally known as Armistice Day, it was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Armistice Day marked the formal ending of World War I on 11 November 1918. Ceremonies are observed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year as a sacred reminder of the end of the “war to end […]