This year, like every year before, we should be grateful for our
nation’s veterans. Here is my post from last year, which pays
tribute the veterans in my family. Take a moment today to honor
the veterans in your family, as well as all of the brave men and
women who have shaped our great nation. In 1918, on the 11th day
of the 11th month at the eleventh hour, the Allies and Germany
signed the armistice that brought an end to the hostilities on
the Western Front and marked the end of fighting in World War I.
The war officially ended on June 28, 1919 with the signing of
the Treaty of Versailles. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson
proclaimed the first Armistice Day to remember those who were
killed during the war. People around the world took time out of
their day, each November 11th, to recognize those members of
their armed forces who died during the war. In 1938, Armistice
Day was made an official U.S. holiday as “a day to be dedicated
to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and
known as ‘Ar