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November 11, 1918, 11:00am. The official end of fighting in the Great War.

And Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, is tomorrow - 11/11/11.

Here's a photo taken at 10:58 AM, November 11, 1918, just before the Armistice went into effect. Men of the 353rd Infantry, near the church at Stenay, Meuse (France), waiting for the end of hostilities.

"The last two minutes of war"

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I bow my head in respect to all the veterans out there. You folks are indeed my heros. God bless you all.
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Well said, I share your feelings.
 
We have a very nice Veteran's Day memorial service here in Charlottesville every year. The guest speaker is usually the Commandant of the Judge Advocate's General (JAG) school here, and sometimes it's the Commander of "The Monticello Guard" (Company A, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division of the VA National Guard). <span style="text-decoration: underline">Always</span> a wonderful, thoughful and moving speech.

The crowd is mostly grey-haired (where are the young people?), some are very elderly. Representatives from local government, and often a State Senator or Congressperson will be here. War re-enactors are present from Revolutionary War; Civil War; WWI; WWI, and later wars. A local HS band plays stirring Sousa songs. Wreaths are placed carefully at a memorial stone, and a volley is fired at the end.

Here in the heart of old Virginia, with revolutionary and civil war soldiers' graves nearby, it's a very meaningful ceremony.

To <span style="font-style: italic">all</span> vets: thank you for your service. :yesnod:
 
To all of you who served (or are now serving)- THANK YOU!!

- Doug
 
Just got back from a full day of shooting (~ 4 PM), now lots of fun going through photos, I've discovered that Remembrance Day photos generally need to be finished and edited the day of the event... Disappearing for awhile now...
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Just got back from the ceremony at the nearest Veteran's Cemetery. Round trip was an hour each way, hour and a half there. Rained like to tomorrow last half....but had the requisite Bumbershoot. Never been to one at a Veteran's Cemetery before. Looking down the tree-lined lane and rows of headstones from the main flagpole was Mt. Rainier, centered, when the clouds would lift.
 
I want to thank all the veterans, including my late Father who served in the Army Air Corps in New Guinea.
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And thanks to all serving now, including my son serving in the Air Force, currently in Okinawa, and going to the Middle East later this month.
Thank you to all the veterans, and all serving now. I salute you!
 
In December of 1965 I was drafted and flown to Fort Lewis Washington. After about two weeks of cloudy weather we had gone into the mess hall for breakfast on what turned out to be a sunny day. As we came out of the mess everyone stopped dead in their tracks. There on the horizon was Mount Rainer. No one knew it was there.
One of the few pleasent memories of my (short) militry career. SP4 E M Connor HQ Co 3rd bn 12th Inf 4th Infantry Division Tuy Hoa and Pleiku Viet Nam .
All gave some, Some gave all.
Take a moment to honor those who served and those who serve today.
 
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