James48843
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Veterans Day
To all those on the TSPTALK message boards who have served- Thank you.
You are among the select few in this nation who have served our nation in Uniform.
I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you who served our great
nation, whereever on earth Uncle Sam chose to send you.
Thank you for your decision to participate in the defense of the greatest nation on earth-- thank
you for being an American in uniform.
I will be standing outside a little more than an hour from now- standing in the wind, watching as a team of Marine Corp League elderly gentlemen raise the flag briskly over our county Veterans Memorial. At the eleventh minute after the eleventh hour, these fine gentlemen will fire a rifle volley salute, and remember that we celebrate more than just our veterans.
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words:
"Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most
destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption
by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations,
which we hope may never again be severed, and
Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be
commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate
peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and
Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared
November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the
House of Representatives concurring), that 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.
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved 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."
It was a day to celebrate the end of war. A day of peace, to mark the hope that there would never again be war. THAT is what Veterans Day's predecessor was originally all about.
Since then, it has been renamed Veterans day, so as to include those who served in more recent conflicts, as well as those those who serve in Uniform in peacetime as well.
But the one thing we all wish to remember, is to pray for peace, and the end of war, so that someday, war will be no more.
We remember all who have served, in the hopes that we will never have to engage in the blood of war again. "Armistice Day."
became "Veterans Day", but we still hold out the hope of peace - " thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations."
Happy Veterans Day.
Thank you for your service to America.
James48843, a 21-year U.S. Army Veteran.
To all those on the TSPTALK message boards who have served- Thank you.
You are among the select few in this nation who have served our nation in Uniform.
I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you who served our great
nation, whereever on earth Uncle Sam chose to send you.
Thank you for your decision to participate in the defense of the greatest nation on earth-- thank
you for being an American in uniform.
I will be standing outside a little more than an hour from now- standing in the wind, watching as a team of Marine Corp League elderly gentlemen raise the flag briskly over our county Veterans Memorial. At the eleventh minute after the eleventh hour, these fine gentlemen will fire a rifle volley salute, and remember that we celebrate more than just our veterans.
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words:
"Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most
destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption
by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations,
which we hope may never again be severed, and
Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be
commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate
peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and
Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared
November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the
House of Representatives concurring), that 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.
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved 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."
It was a day to celebrate the end of war. A day of peace, to mark the hope that there would never again be war. THAT is what Veterans Day's predecessor was originally all about.
Since then, it has been renamed Veterans day, so as to include those who served in more recent conflicts, as well as those those who serve in Uniform in peacetime as well.
But the one thing we all wish to remember, is to pray for peace, and the end of war, so that someday, war will be no more.
We remember all who have served, in the hopes that we will never have to engage in the blood of war again. "Armistice Day."
became "Veterans Day", but we still hold out the hope of peace - " thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations."
Happy Veterans Day.
Thank you for your service to America.
James48843, a 21-year U.S. Army Veteran.
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