Posts Tagged ‘(ret.) Colonel USAF George Newman’
Honoring and Remembering Our Veterans on Veterans (Armistice) Day with High Flight Poem
I wrote this post in 2013 and felt it was appropriate to publish it again to honor and remember our veterans, my family members and friends. When I was a child, the day to honor veterans was called Armistice Day. In 1921, Congress declares November 11th a legal Federal holiday to honor the soldiers who…
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When I was a child, the day to honor veterans was called Armistice Day. In 1921, Congress declares November 11th a legal Federal holiday to honor the soldiers who served in World War I. Because Armistice Day was a legal national holiday, schools were closed and we honored our veterans by going to our hometown…
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