Veterans Day 2019 - Thank You To All Members Of The Military For Your Service
Today is Veteran's Day.
Meet 99-year-old retired @USArmy Maj. Anthony H. Grant. He served in Normandy, he served in Korea, and now he has a message for you. Thank you for your service sir and happy #VeteransDay! #DoDRemembers75 #KnowYourMil pic.twitter.com/vmRRh72efn— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) November 11, 2019
According to History.com:
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War." Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars...If you know a Veteran or see one on the street today, please take a brief moment to thank them for their service to our country. Also, don't just thank them today but do it throughout the year and thank our active duty soldiers as well.
Last year, Roosevelt Island
honored some of our local veterans (approximately 300 veterans live on Roosevelt Island as of last year)
during a ceremony organized by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC).
Today, Governor Cuomo announced:
Here at the #VeteransDay Parade in NYC where I am signing a package of legislation to protect our veterans.— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 11, 2019
Our veterans put their lives on the line to defend our nation, and we must support them just as they supported us.
WATCH:https://t.co/WNXEev3Rzn
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