The U.S. is taking time off today to honor veterans. The Veterans Day holiday is a time to give thanks and to pause and recognize the contributions of the more than 23 million veterans who served our country. The day is also observed all over the world by our allies as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day.
If you are interested in learning more about the history of Veterans Day the Military.com website offers some great resources, including ideas for how to observe the holiday, an overview of the holiday, and helpful tips and links for veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs has a similar website with links to the history of the day and a helpful teachers guide to the holiday useful for explaining the holiday to children. The image above is from their poster gallery of official images commissioned by the department. And to close this by returning to our “U.S. role in the world” focus, the Legacy.com website offers a Moving Tributes page that features videos that friends and family made to honor those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thank you to all the men and women in uniform who served and are currently serving the U.S. both at home and abroad.
Image Credit: Department of Veterans Affairs
