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Veteran's Day!!

Posted by 0Drake on November 14, 2010 at 10:03pm
WWI officially ended on June 28, 1919. But, at 11:00 on November 11th, 1918, (a.k.a. the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, which is pretty cool) an armistice went into effect. An armistice is a temporary cessation of hostilities, which in this case was between the Allied nations and Germany.
On May 13, 1938, an act was passed to make the 11th of November a national, legal holiday called Armistice Day. It honored the many veterans of World War One. After WWII, which had required the largest number of people in the military, it was decided to amend the Act that established Armistice Day. The amendment changed the name to Veteran's Day to honor the many veterans all over the world.
Today, we have parades and no school and all that to honor them, but I think people are just taking it for granted now, and not realizing what veterans did for us. I know I kind of did. I think we as a nation should do more to know that we should honor our veterans.



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  • Mr. Bruns November 23, 2010 at 9:06am
    Separate your paragraphs a bit more. Overall, good!
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