November 11, 2009 9:07 AM
The history of Veterans Day
American Minute for November 11th:
The 11th hour of the 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH of 1918, World War I ended. Though the Armistice was signed at 5:00 AM, fighting continued till 11:00 AM, killing nearly 11,000 more men.
In 1921, President Warren Harding had the remains of an unknown soldier killed in France buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. Inscribed on the Tomb are the words: "Here lies in honored glory an American soldier know but to God."
Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 to honor all U.S. Veterans.
Read the rest and/or subscribe to William J. Federers' American Minute here.
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