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Honoring Veterans on Their Special Day

November 5th, 2009 – 11:00 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Veterans Day

My grandfather was a World War II veteran who used to recount stories about what it was like living back in war time. While he never talked about anything grisly or disturbing to his granddaughters, I got a good idea of what it must have been like to be living in those turbulent years. On [...]

Facts About Veterans Day

November 3rd, 2008 – 10:23 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Veterans Day

As Veterans Day approaches, do you know the facts surrounding the holiday that honors our veterans? Veterans Day was at first called Armistice Day, and the very first one took place on November 11, 1918. At 5AM on November 11, 1918, an armistice was signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest that [...]