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Happy Veterans Day 2023

105 years ago... on this day... World War 1 ended. Lest we forget.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them."

Armistice Day was first celebrated on November 11, 1919, a year after fighting ceased between the Allies of World War I and Germany. In 1926, Congress officially recognized the observance, and passed a resolution stating that, “the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations.”

Robert L. Bracklow. Unidentified soldier, New York City. January 1918. glass negative. New-York Historical Society.