Veterans/Remembrance Day...

**McClef** · 11th November 06, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Really? All of the expats here in Missouri (St. Louis & Springfield) refer to it as Remembrance Day. Armistice Day was the original American name for the 11th of November.

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It keeps getting a name change. It was Armistice day then it became Remembrance day then when it began to observed as well as Remembrance Sunday again it became Armistice Day to differentiate the two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday

**David White** · 11th November 06, 04:28 AM

Thanks to all, past and present who have severed.
Sunday, 12 November will mark 62 years that my Dad lost his leg in Northern France. He was a F/O Cannon Company, 398th Infantry Regt., 100th I.D.

I'm going to spend time with him today, he's my hero.

**Woodsheal** · 11th November 06, 05:38 AM

Happy V-Day to my brother and sister veterans here! Tonight is our area Kilt Night, so I'm going "dressier" than usual (tweed Argyll jacket, tie, etc.) for the occasion, in honor of the Day.

Sure wish I had the US Army tartan kilt I've been coveting for months! Maybe for next year....

**Frank McGrath** · 11th November 06, 06:08 AM

My father never made it overseas during WWII. He made it as far as Newfoundland, where he was part of the countries defense force. Later he was at Camp Pickett, Va, where he guarded German POW's. My father in law was an OSS "operative during the war , mostly iin germany, as he spoke fluent german. He chased German war criminals for the Nurenburg war trials. Both men have passed on, but will never be forgotten. Bless all the verterans, not only today, but everyday.