The holiday started in 1919 when President Wilson proclaimed November 11 to be Armistice Day Veterans Day Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and Nov 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938 ID: 166803
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Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I.The holiday started in 1919 when President Wilson proclaimed November 11 to be Armistice Day. Slide2
Veterans DayCongress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.
Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans–living or dead–but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.
All federal offices and many schools and businesses are closed in observance of the holiday.
There are approximately 23.2 million veterans in the United States that the holiday honors.Slide3Slide4Slide5Slide6Slide7
Letter to a U.S. Soldier, a Salute to our Nation’s HeroesWe can honor the people who made the ultimate sacrifice by remembering them, appreciating our freedoms and by supporting our veterans and active military personnel.
Due Thursday 13
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Type a full page letter to a soldier who has served or is serving currently for our country.
Thank them for their courage and bravery during their military career and for their service. Explain how you appreciate their service to our
country. Thank
them
for all
they
have done to protect our nation!
Choose your own quote or a quote below to explain why we/you/America needs their service in the military. “May we never forget freedom isn’t free…” “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
Describe how you feel about living in a free country. Explain how you use several freedoms everyday and you couldn’t imagine what it would be like without the freedoms you have.
Ending: Tell them that you will never
forget the sacrifices
they
have made and
you won’t take
our freedoms for granted. Slide8
In Flanders fields the poppies blowSlide9
Poem WWIIn Flanders fields the poppies blow,Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.