The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the "War to End All Wars" ended as the guns fell silent in World War II. Today, we celebrate the sacrifices of all our veterans of all of our wars here in the US and around the world. And today, we mark the 90th anniversary of the end of it.
In Australia, it is Remembrance Day, especially poignant this year with the locating of the HMAS Sydney wreck.
Plus, this may well be the last observance for the four remaining veterans of that war. Britain has three: Henry Alingham, 112; Harry Patch, 110; and Bill Stone, 108. In West Virginia, we have the last US vet, Frank Buckles, 107.
The last French and German veterans died this past year.
The New Jersey World War II Memorial will be dedicated today in Trenton and the woman believed to be the nurse, Edith Shein, 90, in the famous Life photograph where the sailor planted the kiss heard-round-the-world on VJ Day ending WW II will be the grand marshal in the NY City Veterans Day parade.
Here in Fox Lake, I will be attending the American Legion and VFW ceremony at the train station at 11 AM.
You can find more on these stories at my other blog: http://cootershistorything.blogspot.com
A Big Thank You to All of Our Veterans. Job Well Done. --RoadDog
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