Tag Archive | Veteran’s Day
US Marine Drill Team and Fat Albert
Today is Veteran’s Day in the US. The date was originally set aside to commemorate Armistice Day, November 11th, 1918. On that date the guns fell silent and WW1 ended. In the UK and Commonwealth Countries the day is called, “Remembrance Day” in memory of the fallen. The United States did not enter WW1 until […]
Veteran’s Day and Remembrance Day
I came of age during the Vietnam War. It was a terrible time and the country was divided much as it is now but for different reasons. Those who returned from that war did not get a parade and were in fact spit upon and called names like “baby killers”and worse. It was wrong and […]
Old Soldiers and November 11th
In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s my dad would take me to Milwaukee County Stadium to watch the Milwaukee Braves play. It was an enormously big deal for a boy who loved baseball to see the Braves, a team I might add, that never had a losing season while in Milwaukee (1953-1965)! County Stadium […]
Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day
What’s the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day? I hope that when you answer that question it isn’t because you get a day off for one but not the other unless you are a federal employee. Memorial Day dates back to the American Civil War. While the decorating of soldier’s grave sites was common […]
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