Thank a Vet Tomorrow - Veterans Day

In 1918, the “war to end all wars” was over, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and prayed.

The following year, November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day, to remember the sacrifices made during World War I. Congress voted Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938.

In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans' Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill renaming the federal holiday to Veterans' Day. In 1971 President Nixon declared it a federal holiday.

After the Vietnam War, the emphasis on holiday activities shifted. Fewer military parades and ceremonies were replaced with veterans gathering at the Vietnam Memorial in D.C. to place gifts and stand quiet vigil at the names of their buddies who fell in the Vietnam War.

Don’t wait until 11AM tomorrow. Hug (and thank) a Vet early, often, and all day.

Drink one for us,
Woody