I too pass on my Best Wishes to all the Veterans, not only in America, but throughout the World.
Veteran's Day is also Celebrated throughout the World under different names, but each Country has the same meaning. We Honour our Dead and Maimed for their Sacrifices, even though we some times have been Enemies, during the Years, before and since, this momentious occurence on the 11th Day of the 11th Month in 1918.
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1918 : World War I ends
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.
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THE HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY
1918
World War I, then normally referred to simply as The Great War (no one could imagine any war being greater!), ended with the implementation of an armistice [temporary cessation of hostilities?in this case until the final peace treaty, the infamous Treaty of Versailles, was signed in 1919] between the Allies and Germany at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of November, 1918.
1919
November 11: President Wilson proclaims the first Armistice Day with the following words: "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, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations?" The original concept for the celebration was for the suspension of business for a two minute period beginning at 11 A.M., with the day also marked by parades and public mettings.
No Matter from what Country you come from, Let us Remember Them ALL and Pray that we may have Peace on the Earth.
EDIT. You may like the Picture and Story that I Posted here under Post 89, it is unusual, but it just goes to show the Power of Prayer and the Training that our Soldiers get in survival.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/top...ml#entry1496410
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 11:13 AM
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