A Veterans Day Tribute to the US Military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard
This is a video I did to honor and thank all United States military personnel, past and present, for the selfless sacrifices they make to keep our nation free. It was used for our church's annual Vete...
Wishing all military active-duty, retired, those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and all of their families, HAPPY VETERANS DAY !!! and THANK YOU!!!...I salute you all!
Thank you for posting! I think of the Vets regularly. My step dad and my maternal grandfather are the most notable in my life and my respect and heart felt thanks go out to all who have served for lov...Thank you for posting! I think of the Vets regularly. My step dad and my maternal grandfather are the most notable in my life and my respect and heart felt thanks go out to all who have served for love of country and freedom.
Thank you, Mark, for posting this event. Out of curiosity, are you a veteran?
My Dad was a vet, a medic in Panama, then a wardmaster at Walter Reed Hospital, who tried to put back together what came back from the battlefields. He never spoke of it except for a couple of humoro...My Dad was a vet, a medic in Panama, then a wardmaster at Walter Reed Hospital, who tried to put back together what came back from the battlefields. He never spoke of it except for a couple of humorous anecdotes, but it affected him deeply. Many of the young men I went to school with are vets, and many of them who returned from the jungles of Vietnam were changed forever. I also lost friends in that war--they will never grow old but remain young in my memory. To my Dad, my friends, my memories, I salute each and every one of you. The poor examples of today's leaders will never hold a candle to you.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solem...U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."[2]
The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies.[2] A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday: "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'."
In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the "Father of Veterans Day."
U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.[3]
Congress amended this act on June 1, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since.[4][5]
The National Veterans Award, created in 1954, also started in Birmingham. Congressman Rees of Kansas was honored in Alabama as the first recipient of the award for his support offering legislation to make Veterans Day a federal holiday, which marked nine years of effort by Raymond Weeks. Weeks conceived the idea in 1945, petitioned Gen. Eisenhower in 1946, and led the first Veterans Day celebration in 1947 (keeping the official name Armistice Day until Veterans Day was legal in 1954).
Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11. While the legal holiday remains on November 11, if that date happens to be on a Saturday or Sunday, then organizations that formally observe the holiday will normally be closed on the adjacent Friday or Monday, respectively.
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