Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day. The original name of the holiday was Armistice Day. To commemorate the ending of World War 1. On the eleventh month, the eleventh day, the eleventh hour (11 am) and the eleventh minute, the guns on the Western Front fell silent to end the War.

It was not the War to end all Wars, as Europe went back to war only 21 years later, just enough time for a new generation to come of age, ready to be killed in an even more bloody war.

I'm not sure of when they changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day, but believe it was after World War 2. It was a good move for today many, if not most, people are ignorant of the day and its origin. Originally it was a day to celebrate our victory in war. Now its a day to honor all our veterans and to thank them for protecting us and our freedoms. For without them and their service, our Constitution would only be an interesting piece of paper.

Thank a veteran and thank someone still on active duty today for they will be veterans one day and are still protecting us and our freedoms.

The New York Post has an editorial which is worth reading. They say it better then I could but I wanted to write my own anyway.