Veterans Day is approaching this weekend. How many ways can we thank our vets? Hopefully, everyone thanked them on Tuesday by going to the polls and voting, one of our rights in a democracy that many of our vets died to preserve.
Veterans Day actually honors vets from 100 years ago. World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
Of course, it didn’t end all wars. But it did bring us an opportunity to thank the men and women who served around the world. You’ll find Veterans Day sales abounding this weekend. AARP has an offer that will save vets and their famlies money all year long. You can take the AARP Veterans Safe Driving Course for free (or half price on-line) which will give you great discounts on your car insurance.
Thanks, Grandfather! I’m displaying your WWI Victory Medal, given to those who fought in France.