Veteran's Day history 101
Today Sticks Library is closed, and while I'll be enjoying the day off--sleeping in late, drinking copious amounts of coffee and reading-- I'll be doing these things because of the sacrifices of many men and woman who've given much for our country. Thank you to the men and women who have given up much for this country, and for those now serving, I am so thankful for our country, our freedoms, and for those who serve and protect it. When did we start celebrating Veteran's Day? A brief history: "World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally...