Veterans: Thank you: Gratitude & Remembrance
For those on active duty: thank you for your service for citizens and country.
"Go to Your Courage...it is not confidence...It Is Courage." Dad, WW II Veteran
"Veterans for Peace is interested in returning the Nov. 11 celebration back to its original intent of celebrating peace, rather than war and warriors...
On Nov. 11, 1918, an armistice was signed to stop war between the nations that had been fighting World War I. In 1928, peaceful nations met in Paris and signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, legally banning all wars. In 1938, Congress made Armistice Day official.
In 1954, Congress moved to change the word "armistice" to "veterans," which also changed the focus of the celebration from peace to war. Veterans for Peace is asking all churches to ring their bells on Nov. 11 and have a moment of prayer for peace."
Samuel H. Winstead, Veterans for Peace
Greensboro News & Record, Nov. 4, 2012, D9
