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VOL 33 NO. 41 NOVEMBER 5-11, 1999 40 CENTS
WE SALUTE OUR MEN & WOMEN VETERANS OF ALL THE ARMED FORCES ON
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NOVEMBER 11, 1999
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AFTER WWI AS ARMISTICE DAY - NOV. 11,1918
// is now the eleventh hour. This pause is to remind us that the hour
of eleven has a tender significance to all of us.
It zvas on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour
that the guns ceased firing and silence encompassed the earth It was as
of eleven that the last man died in the battle
Excerpt from Eleven O'clock Ritual,
American Legion Post
- HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY -
In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an
armistice was signed. The "war to end all wars" was over.
November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during the war in order
to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veteran
officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won.
Congress voted Armistice Day a legal holiday in 1938, twenty years after the war ended. But Americans realized that the previous war would not
be the last one. World War II began the following year, and nations great and small again participated in a bloody struggle. After the Second World
War, Armistice Day continued to be observed on November 11.
In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans' Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed
a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the national holiday to Veterans' Day.
Americans still give thanks for peace on Veterans' Day. There are ceremonies and speeches, and at 11:00 in the morning, most Americans
observe a moment of silence, remembering those who fought for peace.
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"Armistice Day" was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the
greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen in the Nation's history; after American forces had fought aggression in
Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans' service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking the word "Armistice"
and inserting in lieu thereof the word Veterans.' With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1,1954, November
11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
TO OUR VETERANS THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE
Courtesy of American Legion Auxiliary, Archie McCord Unit #86, Joan Poppe
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_1999-11-05 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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