A few excerpts of the Veterans Day Parade in Vancouver, Washington at the historic Vancouver Barracks
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Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. - Winston Churchill
“A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'” (Author unknown)
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I stood up, I showed up, I stepped forward. I raised my right hand, I stood in the gap, I walked in the fire. I did not run, I did not hide, I did not dodge, I did not evade.
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I have nothing to prove, no one to convince, those who matter, already know. Those who don't, never will. (Author Unknown)
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Here are a couple of very interesting stories I was unaware of about the last soldiers to die in WWI.
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11 a.m.
More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gunther
George Lawrence Price. Private George Lawrence Price (December 15, 1892 – November 11, 1918) was a Canadian soldier. He is traditionally recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed during the First World War.
More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lawrence_Price
WW1 was listed as the War to End All Wars.
Sad that it didn't.
An interesting article in the latest American Legion magazine focuses how how there was much fighting still going on around the globe after the Armistice.
The War That Didn't End
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