Today is Veterans Day in America. Originally called Armistice Day, it began in the impromptu celebrations that broke out in towns across the nation when word arrived on November 11 , 1918, that the fighting had officially ceased in the Great War. On that date in the following years, parades, speeches, and wreath-layings commemorated the soldiers of that war. Later, the day was changed to Veterans Day, a day to honor veterans of all of America’s conflicts.
On this day, you might want to read what those veterans and the people waiting at home thought while wars were going on. You can find a collection of World War II War Letters on our partner site, HistoryNet. These are selections from The Legacy Project, which collects and preserves wartime letters, which partners with World War II magazine to present these samplings from the project to the general public.
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Richard Landers said:
Also Soldier’s Mail: Letters Home 1916-1919 which features the writings home of US Sgt Sam Avery while on the front lines of American involvement in the Great War from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse. Letters are posted here on the same date they were written more than 90 years ago. Come and march along with the Most Gallant Generation!
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 am