Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veteran's Day


Veteran's Day
~ Armistice Day

It is easy to take liberty for granted,
when you have never had it taken from you.

~Author unknown~


Veterans Day, also known as Armistice Day,
is an effort of honoring the veterans of War.
1st World War was came to an end
after The German signed “Armistice”
at the eleventh hour of eleventh day of eleventh month of 1918.

It is a legal holiday in USA both federal as well as State.
It was in 1938 when the American president declared it as a
National Holiday.

This nation will remain the land of the free only
so long as it is the home of the brave.

~Elmer Davis~

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