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Los Angeles Armistice Day

Veterans Day is celebrated each year on November 11th

“The Great War” is the nickname attributed to World War I. On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versallies was signed at the Palace of...
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s WAACy efforts made WAVES

Since the Revolutionary War, women have continuously found a way to be of service to their country, from raising cattle for General George...
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Start your engines!

  • motorcycle history
  • January 21, 2012
Prior to 1901, bicycles were a popularmode of transportation. Other than occasional problems with flat tires or messed up chains, bicycles provided...
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Armistice Day: The start of the new Christmas season!

  • Christmas Wars
  • November 30, 2011
In the eleventh year of the new century, the eleventh month, on the eleventh day, perhaps even at the eleventh hour and the eleventh minute, the...
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Duke of Edinburgh pays respects at Field of Remembrance in London

Prince Philip paid his respects for war dead last Friday when he attended a service at the Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey. Wearing full...
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Richmond, Calif. mayor passes on Veteran’s Day events to attend Occupy event

  • mayor disrespects veterans
  • November 11, 2011
People, especially the younger amongst us, often confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. In the simplest of terms Memorial Day is a day to remember...
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Armistice Day, world peace and feeding the hungry

It was just a piece of paper. Yet on the morning of November 11, 1918, it meant peace.For on that paper was a message from United States General...
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Veterans Day History with 33 years of posters– photo gallery

Veterans Day was originally celebrated as Armistice Day.It was originally set as a day to celebrate the end of The World War (now known as World...
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Google logo: Veterans Day 2010

Google celebrates Veterans Day by showing off a new logo for the occasion. Veterans Day started out as Armistice Day, which was the day World War I...
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