The history of Veterens Day

JF89 · September 24, 2018, 1:08am

JF89 · September 24, 2018, 1:15am

JF89 · November 11, 2018, 4:06pm

JF89 · November 11, 2018, 6:05pm

srdiver · November 11, 2018, 6:11pm

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie,

    In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

    In Flanders fields.

JF89 · November 12, 2018, 1:37am

Detonics · November 12, 2018, 2:12am

Grenz45 · April 22, 2019, 5:51pm

JF89 got it historically correct whether he knew it or not.
Veterans Day is Armistice Day.
Armistice Day was officially renamed Veterans Day in 1954.