I was doing some research for my son. He has to write a paragraph about Veterans day. I feel this is important for him. There are a lot of veterans (alive and dead) in our family. I found THIS LINK and it is probably the easiest to understand, so I’m quoting it here:
The Story of Veterans Day
1. November 11 is Veterans Day. A veteran is a soldier who has served his/her country.
2. Thirty-five countries fought in World War I. They fought for five years, from 1914 to 1918. The United States fought in the war from 1917 to 1918.
3. Finally the countries stopped fighting. The leaders signed an armistice. They signed the armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The armistice meant that the war was over.
4. Americans were very happy to hear about the armistice. No more soldiers would die in the war. The soldiers could come home.
5. People went out into the streets and laughed and danced. They blew horns and whistles and rang bells. They sang songs. They thought that there would never be another war.
6. President Wilson made November 11 a holiday to remember the end of the war. The holiday was called Armistice Day.
7. At eleven o’clock in the morning, everyone stopped doing whatever they were doing. People were completely silent for one minute. This minute was to remember all the soldiers who have died in wars.
8. The body of an unknown soldier was brought to America from the cemetery in France. His body was buried in a tomb at Arlington National Cemetery. It was called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
9. The US was in three more wars: World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The name of the holiday was changed to Veterans Day.
10. The bodies of three more unknown soldiers were brought to the cemetery. On Veterans Day, there are special services at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
11. Americans remember and honor all the veterans.
Excerpted from ESL Teacher’s Holiday Activities Kit, by Elizabeth Claire.
and one of the things that was mentioned and he noted was that there were women fighting in World War I. I found THIS LINK about those women. Amazing.
To all those veterans out there… Thank you. I feel truly blessed to be in this country and having been protected by you. Thank you.
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Posted by: vw bug in Humor
YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
This is pretty neat.
DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read .
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 — I’ll wait while you get the calculator
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 …
If you haven’t, add 1758..
6… Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number
The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).
The next two numbers are
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.
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