Veterans Day Salute 2015

Veterans Day Salute November 11, 2015.

Salute to all who served.

Salute.  I am very proud and honored for an opportunity graced upon me to serve this great country and the world.   I salute all those who served in uniform with honor, duty and dedication.   Salute.   It was truly an honor, privilege, and great pride that God endowed me with the privilege.   I will always salute and remember veterans on November 11th of every year on Veterans Day, and forever.    I, American Veteran and global citizen, will pause, reflect and appreciate the men and women in the military and those actively carrying out their duties in order to keep us safe and secure at home.    Salute. 

Note about Veterans Day:        An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day."   Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans."  With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
Later that same year, on October 8th, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first "Veterans Day Proclamation" which stated: "In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.

The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) was signed on June 28, 1968, and was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day.

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

~S. Vincent Shin

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Ps.  Images credit to, and Mahalo the U.S. Army Golden Knights and the 82d Airborne Division.