Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a warm and safe funtastic day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
I know this year Veterans Day is being observed on Friday, November 10 in some areas. Veterans Day is a federally recognized holiday and this year post offices, banks, and federal government offices will be closed on Saturday, the actual day recognized for the holiday.
Veterans Day is the day we pay tribute to all those who served in our Armed Forces, also remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice (their lives) for our country. It honors all those who have served the country in war or peace — dead or alive — although it’s largely intended to thank living veterans for their sacrifices.
Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I. The official end to World War I was when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. So why do we celebrate it in November? It is due to the fact that the fighting, in reality, ended approximately seven months prior. The Allies and Germany had put into effect an armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Therefore, November 11, 1918 was considered the end of the”of the war to end all wars” and declared as Armistice Day.
On June 1, 1954 Congress amended the commemoration changing it from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in order for the day to honor American veterans of all wars.
I come from a long line of military veterans; some of which include my maternal grandfather, Harvey Martin Watson who served and was wounded during World War I. Both my father, Nornal Hule Waters and his brother, Eddie Woodrow Waters served during the Korean War. My father was a Navy hospital corpsman on the USS Consolation and my uncle was an Army soldier fighting the battle on the ground in Korea. My husband was in the U.S. Army on the ground during Vietnam and his brother was in the U.S. Navy during the same Vietnam Conflict. I could go on and on about my military relatives and ancestors who served our country, instead I’ll let you see a video of some of them.
Thank you Veterans for your service to our country and protecting our freedom!
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