The 11'th Hour of the 11'th Day of the 11'th Month
My World
Remembers The First U.S. Armistice Day of 1918
That in 1954
Under President Dwight Eisenhower
Became
Veterans Day
For More Info
on The History of Veterans Day
Click here:
For More History On The Red Poppy
and
Armistice Day Click Here:http://sheryl.org/holidays/veterans_day.html
The Above Photo Was Taken This Past May
In Downtown
Washington D.C.
Annual Memorial Day Parade
Recent Iraq Veterans I Know:
Brian Rearick: VA National Guard, Two Iraq Tours.
Chad Gariety: Ohio National Guard, One Iraq tour, Another Next Summer.
Vietnam Dead I Know: James Plieman, Class of 1962, Russia Local High School, Russia, Ohio.
Severely Wounded in Vietnam: Friend, James Blakeslee of Rehobath Beach, Delaware
In Honor of Veterans Day
2008
Listen to Amazing Grace
Being Sung By
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10 comments:
beautiful and fitting post. we should all remember.
Great pic and Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
Joann: What a nice post to honor all the vetrens.
Perfect for the day.
Beautiful day! And thanks for the sharing!
Posted mine, HERE. Have a great day! And thanks for the virtual travel;)
A very nice tribute to our veterans
Great photo - was this part of a Memorial Day celebration?
Thanks Joann, I always think of my dad on this day, especially this year!
Quite an appropriate post. Thank you.
perfect post! Happy veterans day!
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