To us in America


In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Armistice Day proclamation. The last paragraph set the tone for future observances:
 

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nation.

 
 

City Departments

Veterans Day Events
 
The Greatest Volunteer
 
Why Poppies
 
To us in America,
 
I Am The Flag
 
Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier
 
the Broken Note
 
Wear Your Medals and
Show Your Pride
 
Joseph Ambrose, a then-86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War. http://www.vote29.com/newmyblog/archives/26963