On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of 11th Month of 1918, the guns fell silent ending the First World War.
The hope it would be the War To End All Wars did not last, and it seems almost naive looking back that it was believed that it could be so.
On this day we can both honor our veterans, and remember the sacrifices of those who gave their lives to defend our county in all of the conflicts that have occurred.
The last of the veterans from the First World War have passed on, and approximately 66,000 American veterans remain who served in the Second World War.
Their experiences, both those who survived and who died in these conflicts, will be lost unless they are honored and remembered, and their stories told and recorded.
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