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History of Veteran's Day

Although World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919, the fighting had ended on November 11, 1918. Fighting was between Germany and the Allied countries. The actual war ended with the Treaty of Versailles, and the fighting ended with the armistice,

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Woman of the Century??

Woman of the century! Really??

Recently Obama came out with a list of the top 100 women of the century, and on that list was Jane Fonda.
In the 70s protesting the Vietnam war was very common. That was the time of flower and peace. Nobody really WANTED
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Assigned Web Log

This week's assigned blog is brought to you by: The origination of Veteran's Day.

Veteran's Day is a day set aside to honor all the veteran's of the war, living and dead. It is often confused as with Memorial Day, which only honors those who lost thei

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2 Freed by Somalia Pirates

A husband and wife Paul and Rachel Chandler were kidnapped by Somali Pirates well on their yact on the Seychelles on October of 2009. They were finally freed after 1 year with the pirates and being to three different countries: Adado, Mogadishu, and

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History of Veteran's Day

President Eisenhower signed a legislation on June 1st, 1951 for the start of a new holiday which would be known as Veterans's Day on November 11. In 1968 passed another act called the Uniform Holiday Bill which ensured a three day weekend for federal

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Assigned blog. Veterans Day

Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day. It was set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, November 11th 1918. In was passed in 1938. November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and kno

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Veterans Day

Originally called Armistice Day, Veterans Day was not an official holiday unitl about 20 years after it was first celebrated at the end of World War 1. The first Armisitice Day was held on November 11th, 1919, and during this day veterans paraded thr
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Veteran's Day Blog Assignment

Veterans Day recognizes all of the veterans that were in the wars. To start from the beginning, World War I was from 1914-1918 and was a war that was also called "The World War" and "The War To End All Wars. World War I ended with the Treaty of Versa

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Thursday, November 11

I was gone today because I was participating in the band's performance in the Veteran's day parade. I think the class just reviewed for the test tomorrow.
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Friday, November 12th

Watching more of George Bush's interview with Matt L..


-George explained his relationship with his mom. His beginning of his pro-life thinkings.

-Choosing Dick Chaney as his running mate.

-Explained his reaction to 9-11, etc, threats he got...

-Talked ab

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Monday, November 8th

Have to finish our Iraq conversation thing is the first thing on agenda, talk about Somalia.




Talked about my blog about the events in war under Obama..




Major Events in War under Bush - Mariah

-March of 2003 we first went over.

-Abu Graive prison photos c

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