Friday is Veteran’s Day, when we honor veterans of every war. It’s an especially historic Veteran’s Day, however, because the original Veteran’s Day commemorated a cessation of hostilities between the allied nations and Germany on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. This year, we can add the last 11.
Thank you, veterans of every war. Thanks, Grandfather. Thanks, Dad. Thanks, FIL David.
Armistice Day, as Veteran’s Day was originally known, marked the end of World War I, “the war to end all wars.” Isn’t it lovely to think so…….
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This is the Victory Medal my grandfather, Elbridge McLean, brought home from France after World War I. It lists the allied nations on the back. My grandfather told stories of stealing a motorcycle from the motor pool and riding across France one night to find his brother Reuben, wounded in a hospital. Both boys arrived back in Maine safely after their service. |