Veteran's Day / Remembrance Day

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month of the Year 1918, the guns fell silent.

There was hope that the silence would endure and that the First World War would truly become the War to End All Wars. But it did not. The costs and the terms imposed at its end all made fertile ground for the grievances, resentments, and justifications that would lead to the Second World War.

This is a day to remember the fallen in British Commonwealth countries.

In the United States, it is a day to honor those who have served in the military, and their service and sacrifice on behalf of our nation.

Remember. 

Remembrance Day and Veteran's Day

In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, today is Remembrance Day marking the end of the First World War and honoring all those servicemen and women lost in the First World War and since.

I was in Canada this weekend and among other places visited Amherstberg, Ontario and the Town certainly memorializes and honors its servicemen that died in the wars, and will hold ceremonies today to honor them.  

In the United States, it is Veteran's Day, a day for appreciating and honoring those who have served our country and defended this great nation in times of open war both declared and undeclared, cold war and in preserving the peace.