HSD Honors Our Veterans
๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด (๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ.๐จ๐ฐ๐ท) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ! ๐ฏโฅ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
โ A lot of people think itโs โVeteranโs Dayโ or โVeteransโ Day,โ but theyโre wrong.
The holiday is not a day that โbelongsโ to one veteran or multiple veterans, which is what an apostrophe implies. Itโs a day for honoring all veterans — so no apostrophe needed.
โก Veterans Day is NOT the Same as Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is a time to remember those who gave their lives for our country, particularly in battle or from wounds they suffered in battle. Veterans Day honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace — dead or alive — although itโs largely intended to thank living veterans for their sacrifices.
โข It was originally called Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I.
World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, the fighting ended about seven months before that when the Allies and Germany put into effect an armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of โthe war to end all warsโ and dubbed Armistice Day. In 1926, Congress officially recognized it as the end of the war, and in 1938, it became an official holiday, primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I.
But then World War II and the Korean War happened, so on June 1, 1954, at the urging of veterans service organizations, Congress amended the commemoration yet again by changing the word โarmisticeโ to โveteransโ so the day would honor American veterans of all wars.
โฃ For a while, Veterans Dayโs date was changed, too, and it confused everybody.
Congress signed the Uniform Holiday Bill in 1968 to ensure that a few federal holidays — Veterans Day included — would be celebrated on a Monday. Officials hoped it would spur travel and other family activities over a long weekend, which would stimulate the economy.
For some inexplicable reason, the bill set Veterans Day commemorations for the fourth Monday of every October.
On Oct. 25, 1971, the first Veterans Day under this new bill was held. Weโre not sure why it took three years to implement, but not surprisingly, there was a lot of confusion about the change, and many states were unhappy, choosing to continue to recognize the day as they previously had — in November.
โค Within a few years, it became pretty apparent that most U.S. citizens wanted to celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 11, since it was a matter of historic and patriotic significance. So on Sept. 20, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed another law (Public Law 94-97), which returned the annual observance to its original date starting in 1978.
Other countries celebrate it, too, in their own ways. World War I was a multinational effort, so it makes sense that our allies also wanted to celebrate their veterans on Nov. 11. The name of the day and the types of commemorations differ, however.
Canada and Australia both call Nov. 11 โRemembrance Day.โ Canadaโs observance is pretty similar to our own, except many of its citizens wear red poppy flowers to honor their war dead. In Australia, the day is more akin to our Memorial Day.
Great Britain calls it โRemembrance Day,โ too, but observes it on the Sunday closest to Nov. 11 with parades, services and two minutes of silence in London to honor those who lost their lives in war. https://www.defense.gov/Explor...