Tag: Holidays
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Veterans Day
Today we celebrate Veterans Day, which began as Armistice Day. Armistice Day (11/11/11/) commemorated the end of hostilities with Germany and, thus, the end of World War I, a.k.a. “the Great War”. The holiday is called Remembrance Day in Commonwealth countries. While the Commonwealth holiday commemorates all who died in the line of duty, the…
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Happy Birthday, America!
Today we celebrate our 249th year. This fourth kicks off the runup to our 250th birthday next year. It has already been 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which led to the formation of the U.S. Army in April. (That was commemorated with a parade in Washington that upset certain factions in…