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Here's a quick history on how Armistice Day became Veterans Day.
The holiday, which originally marked the end of World War I, was broadened in the 1950s to honor veterans of all wars.
On Nov. 11, 1918, the Allied nations and Germany signed an armistice ending the fighting in the Great War, which had killed more than 15 million people. A year later, King George V of England proclaimed that date Armistice Day, to be marked with two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., the hour the agreement had gone into effect.
In a special message to the nation in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson noted the monumental changes that the fierce and bloody war had provoked. The European Allies fought for more than four years, and the Americans for more than a year and a half. None would ever be the same. The fighting had destroyed empires, transformed Europe’s borders, spurred advances in weaponry and manufacturing, and brought millions of women into the work force.
In London, a National Service of Remembrance is held each year at the Cenotaph, a war memorial, and bright red paper poppies are worn as a symbol of support for the armed forces. In the bombed-out countryside of Western Europe after World War I, Flanders poppies, which were resilient enough to grow amid the destruction, became potent symbols. A Canadian doctor, Lt. Col. John McCrae, described them in the poem “In Flanders Fields.”
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Fun Facts:
o The word “Solstice” comes from Latin solstitium—from sol (Sun) and stitium (still or stopped), reflecting the fact that on the solstice, the Sun appears to stop “moving” in the sky as it reaches its northern- or southernmost point (declination) for the year, as seen from Earth
o A Summer Solstice occurs twice a year, once in June in the Northern Hemisphere (also called Northern Solstice, June Solstice, & Midsummer) and once in December in the Southern Hemisphere (also called Southern Solstice & December Solstice).
o In the Northern Hemisphere the day of the Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year (the day with the most daylight and the shortest night) and occurs every year between June 20 & June 22. In the Southern Hemisphere today is also known as the shortest day of the year and marks the arrival of winter.
o The reason we have solstices, and seasons, is because the Earth is tilted on its axis about 23.5 degrees. This causes each Hemisphere to receive different amounts of sunlight throughout the year. Traditionally, solstices have helped mark the changing of the seasons. However, today’s meteorologists officially use temperature records, not solstices or equinoxes, to draw lines between the seasons.
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