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This weekend, the 10^th and 11^th, we get a breath of fresh air knowing that on Monday we have the day off. Our breath comes because of the many men and women who risked their breaths for or safety fighting to protect the freedom and integrity of our nation. These brave hearts that have risked their lives for our nation become known as veterans, members of our U. S. Army, U.S. Navy, U. S. Air Force, U. S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and The Army National Guard. Veterans Day is very special holiday that we should take a moment to give thanks to the many men and women who served.

We did not always have a day to honor our veterans. The tradition started after World War I also know as the Great War, one of the grandest wars in the world’s history. The day Great War fighting had officially ended its fighting on the eleventh month at the eleventh day at the eleventh hour. In 1938, twenty years later, congress decides to name November 11 as Armistice Day to honor the end of World War I.

Our actual Veterans Day did not start until 1954. From the urging of veteran services organizations congress decides to change Armistice to Veterans so that all Veterans would be celebrated. We get a three day weekend because of this holiday thanks to the Uniforms Holiday Bill passed in 1968. This Bill made it so Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. Many historians debated having Veterans Day in October and President Gerald R. Ford changed it back to the second Monday in November in the year 1975.

Thanks to the sacrifices and services of many brave Americans and the help of our government we have a three day weekend in November. So while you are off celebrating that you have no school take a moment and thank a veteran for making your world a safer place.