In Their Lives 11-11-30: The 12th Armistice Day
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86891)
United States
November 11, 2020 10:36am CST
Today’s my brother’s birthday, and it was darn nice of the U.S. to make his birthday a federal holiday. 
. But I’m not using his birth year in this monthlong look at Novembers past in honor of his birthday (and dang near everybody else in my family 
). Instead, I’m going back to the year of my dad’s birth for this one.
11/11/30: The 12th Armistice Day
This was the headline all over. You see, just a dozen years removed from “the war to end all wars,” people still had the reminders of the conflict fresh in their minds. And it wasn’t just an “American” holiday: as the headlines in a number of papers pointed out, Armistice Day was being celebrated “throughout the world.”
Two wars later, in 1954, Congress changed the name of the holiday to “Veterans Day.” It is still Armistice Day in many other nations.
A salute to all my brothers and sisters who have served.
A History Channel description of the holiday in the US:
. But I’m not using his birth year in this monthlong look at Novembers past in honor of his birthday (and dang near everybody else in my family ). Instead, I’m going back to the year of my dad’s birth for this one.
11/11/30: The 12th Armistice Day
This was the headline all over. You see, just a dozen years removed from “the war to end all wars,” people still had the reminders of the conflict fresh in their minds. And it wasn’t just an “American” holiday: as the headlines in a number of papers pointed out, Armistice Day was being celebrated “throughout the world.”
Two wars later, in 1954, Congress changed the name of the holiday to “Veterans Day.” It is still Armistice Day in many other nations.
A salute to all my brothers and sisters who have served.
A History Channel description of the holiday in the US:
A look at the history of the holiday honoring those who fought for America, both living and dead. HISTORY®, now reaching more than 98 million homes, is the l...
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
11 Nov 20
Yes - it is certainly Armistice Day here in the UK, although the main events take place on the nearest weekend. The annual Festival of Remembrance is held at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, the culmination of which is a shower of poppies from the roof space onto the servicemen and women standing silently below. Each poppy petal stands for a soldier lost in one of the World Wars. On Sunday, a procession and wreath-laying ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, attended by the Queen. The Covid crisis curtailed both events this year, but they were solemn and moving nonetheless.
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@FourWalls (86891)
• United States
11 Nov 20
I saw some of today’s ceremonies on You Tube. Very solemn and moving, indeed.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
11 Nov 20
Yes, we should all remember every day those who served to keep us free.
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