Veterans day

[dmmj]

Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It is coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)

 

[dmarcus]

Happy Veterans day to all the Veterans out there...

 

[AnthonyC]

Absolutely!... and THANK YOU!

 

[Traveller]

Remembrance Day up here.
It's a sombre day, lots of tears and memories.
We lost an uncle in the war and also my better half after serving 30 years, numerous UN tours, we deal with the repercussions daily.
Please everyone take some time out of your busy day to remember.

 

[Turtle Guru]

Thank you veterans that have kept our freedom. Thank the LORD .

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Thank you to all who have served and R.I.P to the ones who lost their lives, We are eternally grateful.

 

[zesty_17]

Happy Veterans Day. Thank you to all who serve and sacrifice. I am soooo ready for mu soldier to come home, 5.5 months to go!

 

[Yvonne G]

 

[froghaven5]

Thank you to all who have served and are currently serving our country!

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.





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Poem: ©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Remembrance day for us.

Had my two minutes silence this morning
and shall be wearing my poppy with pride tomorrow at YHL!

 

[Stephanie]

I could not express enough gratitude to all who have served and are currently serving! I cannot thank them enough for keeping this country (as well as others!) safe.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! God Bless Everyone (GBE? ;P)

 

[ALDABRAMAN]