Remembering the Veterans

[Mikey]

Whether you call it Veterans Day, Armistice Day or Remembrance Day...

It means the same thing .... Thank you, you will never be forgotten.

M

[huedell]

Yes---much respect.

On a related topic---my calendar has Australia, Canada
and the U.K. in parentheses for VETERAN'S DAY---is
that in ADDITION to the U.S. ---or is it not the U.S.'s Veteran's Day today?

[SUP-Ronin]

I call it, Men and Women, Dogs, Horses and Dolphins and Anything Else Who Served Honorably in the Military Thank You Day.


THANK YOU, Vets.

[toysrus]

Thank you!

I agree we should always support the Veterans and support the troops at all times!

We back and support you!

Thank you!!

[Mikey]

Yes---much respect.

On a related topic---my calendar has Australia, Canada
and the U.K. in parentheses for VETERAN'S DAY---is
that in ADDITION to the U.S. ---or is it not the U.S.'s Veteran's Day today?

From Wikipedia

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the symbolic end of World War I on 11 November 1918. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Rethondes, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning — the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". While this official date to mark the end of the war reflects the cease fire on the Western Front, hostilities continued in other regions, especially across the former Russian Empire and in parts of the old Ottoman Empire.

The date was declared a national holiday in many allied nations to commemorate those members of the armed forces who were killed during war. Called Armistice Day in many countries, it was known as National Day in Poland (also a public holiday) called Polish Independence Day. After World War II, the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans Day in the United States and to Remembrance Day in the British Commonwealth of Nations. Armistice Day remains an official holiday in France. It is also an official holiday in Belgium, known also as the Day of Peace in the Flanders Fields.

In many parts of the world people take a two minute moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. as a sign of respect for the roughly 20 million who died in the war, as suggested by Edward George Honey in a letter to a British newspaper although Wellesley Tudor Pole established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[1][2] Beginning in 1939 the two-minute silence was moved to the Sunday nearest 11 November in order not to interfere with wartime production should 11 November fall on a weekday. Since the 1990s a growing number of people have observed a two-minute silence on 11 November, resulting in both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday being commemorated formally in the UK (although in 2007 they fell on the same day).

11 November 2008 is the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day.

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[huedell]

Thanks Mike! ^^^

Alotta stuff to be cognizant of.

[toys2cool]

Happy Vets day,I happen to know a lot of them .

Thanx to you guys

[Drain]

A salute to the Veterans. Most of them love this country because they know the price to keep it FREE.

[Brue]

Thank Chris DVM. It's vets like you who make it all possible.

No seriously - I am a veteran and I'd like to thank the rest of ya - especially those who where stationed in difficult areas, saw combat or loss personally.

[starsky]

happy veterans day to all who've served in our armed forces. thank you!

[vulcan2074]

Happy Veterans Day
Sammy

[EmergencyIan]

Thanks to all who have served!


- Ian

[bern9008]

I have served for 21 years and will be returning to Active Duty in December. "I would like to say Thank You to all of our service members who have served our country with pride and professionalism. Also for continuing to provide us with our freedoms that we get to enjoy each and everyday.

[txteach]

As a vet I want to publically thank all of the vets here who served. I salute you and totally have mad respect for you. Thank you for caring enough to think about making the ultimate sacrifice for your country.

[txteach]

Hey Brue, Tanks for serving buddy? Were you in the salvation army??