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A Salute to Veterans Day 2013

The Carroll High School TV/Video Department Proudly Presents; “A Salute to Veterans Day”. This video was filmed and produced by the Radio and TV II class at CHS. To honor Veterans Day, students visited an Honor Flight sendoff and interviewed WWII and Korean War Veterans about what their service was like and their personal thoughts about Veterans Day. We also visited the 122nd Air National Guard Base to interview active Servicemen and Women. This video was intended for Carroll High School students.

This video contains photos and video used with permission from The Skit Guys, The Air National Guard, the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne Indiana, and The Honor Flight Network.

Veterans Day Tribute 2013

A tribute to the brave men and women of the United States military. God Bless our veterans.

VETERANS DAY 2013

History of Veterans Day

via Military.com

 

November 11, or what has come to be known as Veterans Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor Armistice Day – the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November 11 was “dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.’ As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting the word “Veterans.” With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971.

Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on November 11.

Celebrating Veterans Day

If the November 11 holiday falls on a non-workday — Saturday or Sunday — the holiday is observed by the federal government on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday). Federal government closings are established by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. State and local government closings are determined locally, and non-government businesses can close or remain open as they see fit, regardless of Federal, state or local government operation determinations.

United States Senate Resolution 143, which was passed on August 4, 2001, designated the week of November 11 through November 17, 2001, as “National Veterans Awareness Week.” The resolution calls for educational efforts directed at elementary and secondary school students concerning the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.

For more information and frequently asked questions, visit the VA website.

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