Veterans Day
November 11
What is Veterans Day?
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans—living or dead—but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.
What is a Veteran?
The military men and women who serve and protect the U.S. come from all walks of life; they are parents, children, grandparents, friends, neighbors and coworkers, and are an important part of their communities.
Veterans Day by the numbers
Veterans Day explained
Branches and songs of the
US Armed Forces
Marines
Coast Guard
Navy
Air Force
Army
A medley of all the branches
Oh, say can you see
by the dawn's early light
The United States National Anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes
and bright stars
through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming
And the rocket's red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner
yet wave
O'er the land
of the free
and the home
of the brave.
2 very famous renditions of
The Star Spangled Banner
Whitney Houston - 1991 Superbowl XXV
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock 1969
1814
Gallant defence during British bombardment inspired the writing of
The Star-Spangled Banner
Who wrote the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
What country did the melody to the song come from?
England
Mrs. Stoll’s dad outside
of Fort McHenry
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner
Acapella
Oh say! Can you see,
by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watch’d,
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
1991-1992
Nick
Dewhirst
Pertzsch Student KIA -
Afghanistan
2008
Adam Servais Pertzsch Student
KIA - Afghanistan 2006
Adam Servais
Irving Pertzsch Student
KIA - 2006
John Stoll
Mrs. Stoll’s Dad
Army - Military Police
Mike Caucutt
Mrs. Stoll’s husband
Air Force
Waiting on the C-130 to move us from Decimomannu Air Base, Isle of Sardinia , Italy back to Ramstein AFB Germany. 1984
Art and Veterans Day
Behind the Doodle: Veterans Day 2020
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