Tag: Veteran’s Day

It felt like I needed to write something

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice ending World War I. The “war to end wars.” While I’ve not been writing here much lately, it just didn’t seem right to let the occasion pass without recognizing the day. The flag in the picture flew over the U.S. Capitol in honor of …

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Thank you, Veterans

On this day in 1918 Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allied Nations in a railroad car near Compiègne, France. Fighting in World War I officially ended at 11:00 a.m. (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month). The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on …

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