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November 11, 2024  •  Leave a Comment

November 11, Veterans Day, was originally Armistice Day, observed in Europe and the US to mark the end of World War 1, the war to end all wars.  The agreement was signed by the Allies and Germany at Compiegne, France, early on the morning of November 11, 1918. The war was supposed to stop by mutual agreement by 11:11 a.m. on November 11. Shelling continued throughout the day by both sides. Fighting continued sporadically until the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year on June 28, 1919. The treaty set harsh terms for defeated Germany and may have set the stage for World War 2.

Some of these veterans' markers surprisingly indicate military service in World War 2, Korea, and Vietnam. 
 

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