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Honoring All Veterans
Nov 10, 2017

Veterans Day and Memorial Day  - One a Day of Thanks another of Remembrance

The number of persons that have served in the U.S. Military compared to the population of our country is relatively small.  Currently there are 1,281,900 people in active service and 801,200 in the reserves (there are 244 million adult women and Men).   Of those numbers there are 21.5 million Veterans are alive in American as of 2014.  With some many that had not served its understandable to find many folks not knowing the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day.

Veterans Day is intended to thank all those who honorably served in the military – in war time or peace time.  Memorial Day is for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of a wound sustained in battle.

Here is a History of Veterans Day taken from Military.com
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'" As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at the urging of the veterans service organizations -- amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25, 1971.

Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov. 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on Nov. 11.

To all our Veterans from a grateful nation thank you for your service.

http://www.military.com/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day.html


CWA Local 1103
345 Westchester Ave
Port Chester, NY 10573
  914-939-8200

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