Commissioner Recalls Launch of Tet Offensive Last-Minute Order Mystifies Young Airman Roger Galvan was angry, to put it lightly. Not because he was drafted. Not because he was in Vietnam. And not because he was on duty at 2 a.m. Rather, he was riled because he was washing dishes. Night after night for some four months, the 21-year-old “two-striper,” or … [Read more...] about Veterans Day
Veterans Day
The Origin of Veterans Day
The Origin of Veterans Day In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in … [Read more...] about The Origin of Veterans Day