Two other veterans were unable to attend the event. The veterans
were recognized and treated to a variety of praise and honor.
The ceremony included a history of the U.S. flag and Armistice
Day and how it grew to be Veterans Day. “To us in America, the
reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in
the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with
gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which
it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given
America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the
councils of the nations,” as one student quoted from President
Woodrow Wilson’s speech in 1919, following World War I. Then
after World War II, Congress changed the name of Armistice Day
to Veterans Day to honor all veterans. Another National Honors
Society student quoted Elmer Davis, a radio announcer and news
commentator: “This nation will remain the land of the free only
if it stays the land of the brave.” The Three Rivers High School
Band played a med