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une SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORD AND PLAINEDGE
VOL. 41 NO. 42
November 7-13, 2003 FORTY CENTS
To OUR VETERANS - THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE
VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 11, 2003
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AFTER WWI AS ARMISTICE DAY -
This day is
not to honor
war but the
sacrifice
made by
others for
our freedom.
~ invitation ~
The Bethpage Community is Invited
To Attend
Veterans Day Services -
at 11 o'clock Nov. 11,2003
At The Bethpage Community Park
(Park Will Be Open)
From 10:30 to 12 Noon
NOV. 11, 1918
The world
rejoiced and
celebrated.
After four years
of bitter war,
an armistice
was signed.
The war of all
wars was over.
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significance to all OQ US.
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fating and silence encompassed tke eattk. 3t was as o-fi eleven tkat tke last man died in tke battle.
Excerpt from Eleven O'clock Ritual, American Legion Post
- HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY -
November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made
during the war in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade
through their home towns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they
had won.
Congress voted Armistice Day a legal holiday in 1938, twenty years after the war ended. But Americans realized that the
previous war would not be the last one. World War II began the following year, and nations great and small again participated
in a bloody struggle. After the Second World War, Armistice Day continued to be observed on November 11.
In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon
after, Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the national holiday to Veterans Day. In 1968
Congress passed a bill to be in effect in 1971 that stated that the nation would observe Veterans Day on the fourth Monday
of November. Veteran groups argued that the day had lost its meaning. In 1978 Congress passed another bill that made
November 11 officially Veterans Day again. On Nov. 11, 2003 we dedicate this day of observance to all the Veterans of
our Nation living and deceased who gave part of their lives to defend our Country, "The United States of America".
We also want to thank the many men and women who are in U.S. Service now for defending us today.
Courtesy of American LegjonAuxgaiy^
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_2003-11-07 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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