Food For Thought Eight years after the Nov. 11, 1918, signing of
the armistice that ended the fighting in Europe after the first
World War, Armistice Day became an official national holiday.
Its intention was to honor the veterans of that war, as well as
those who had lost their lives in what was then known as the
Great War. In 1954, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day to
include the veterans of World War II and Korea, Today, we honor,
officially or unofficially, the veterans of all wars and
military conflicts. After WWI, veterans’ organizations were
formed in nearly all countries whose military forces had
participated in that war. In the United States, leading veterans
organizations include the American Legion which was chartered by
Congress on Sept. 16, 1919, six months after its beginning in,
not the United States, but in Paris, France. The Legion arose
from a caucus of American Expeditionary Forces stationed in
Paris. Post 460 in Solon was given a temporary charter in March
of 1920, and its permanent cha