A time to honor
Published on November 13, 2007 by The Sentinel
A beautiful day brought a beautiful event. On Thursday, Nov. 8,
KSU held an annual Veteran’s Day Celebration at 12:30 p.m. on the
campus green. Students and faculty members came out to the event to
support and honor veterans who have died and who are still living.
KSU Army ROTC Club and KSU SIFE Team sponsored the
event offering the KSU community a chance to say “thank-you” for those
who served. Kemper Anderson, KSU Police, was the keynote speaker this
year.
People brought American flags for the annual
“blessing of the flags” ceremony and wore their national colors. KSU
members recited The Pledge of Allegiance and sang the National Anthem.
The celebration of Veterans Day is held on Nov. 11
every year in the U.S. This day is set aside to honor and remember the
military men and women who have served America, both in war and during
peacetime.
Armistice Day was the first name for Veterans Day.
It signaled the end of World War I fought from 1914-1918. Over 35
countries fought in World War I. An armistice was signed on the
eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and this meant
the war was over.
An unidentified American soldier was buried in
Arlington National Cemetery on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River
on Nov. 11, 1921. His grave is called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the day from Armistice
Day to Veterans Day.
The site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is where
the U.S. government holds its annual Veterans Day ceremony.
Great Britain, France, and other countries also
celebrate Nov. 11 as Armistice Day to commemorate the ending of World
War I. On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from
England were each buried in their own countries to give special
recognition to the end of the war.
Many families who lost loved ones at war paid their
respects at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, which is located
five miles south of downtown Milledgeville, Ga.
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