For Veteran’s Day, I wanted to share some insightful quotes. Veterans Day is a unique Federal Holiday in that it does not have an “observed day” on a Monday. It is always on November 11 to honor the end of World War I and everyone who has served our country.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
President John F. Kennedy
“We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause.”
President Ronald Reagan
“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 nations…”
President Woodrow Wilson on the first commemoration of Armistice Day on November 11, 1919