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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Commander Peters: Tell a Vet, ‘Thank you for your service’
Veteran’s Day 2014: Message from Dept. of NY Commander Frank Peters
On the morning of November 11, 1918, Allied and German powers met in France to sign an armistice that ended World War I. The agreement went into effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. One year later President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the First Armistice Day to call the nation’s attention to those who had sacrificed so much for our county: