Veterans Day 2024
As we celebrate Veterans in our schools today, we would like to thank all those who have served our country and for the freedoms they have bestowed upon us. Want to learn more about the history of Armistice Day/Veterans Day? Check out https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day/
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”