Today is Veterans Day, when we should all fly our flags and do whatever we can to express our gratitude to America’s veterans and active-duty military for putting their lives on the line to protect our freedom and security, and for all they do to protect other innocent people all over the world.

Despite all the other news demanding our attention, this day should never be overshadowed or overlooked. Today is about something far more important than passing political news. It’s about the men and women who make it possible for us to have elections and the Constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion, and to protest and seek redress when we think our government isn’t doing right by us (even though we have far too many people in DC who seem to have forgotten that we have those rights.)   

Memorial Day in May is to honor veterans who gave their lives in defense of America. Veterans Day is to honor all veterans, living or dead, past and present.

It began as Armistice Day, declared by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919, to commemorate the end of World War I. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks of Birmingham, Alabama, began a personal crusade to expand Armistice Day into a state holiday honoring all veterans. In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas, shoe store owner named Al King launched a campaign to make it a national holiday. Just one year later, in 1954, he succeeded. It helped that the President was a retired army general from Kansas named Dwight Eisenhower.

Not only is today Veterans Day, but yesterday was the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. It commemorates the day in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines to serve in the war against Great Britain. After the Revolutionary War ended, the Marines were disestablished for a time until President John Adams reestablished the Marines as we know the Corps now, on July 11, 1789. But November 10th, 1775, is still considered the birth of the US Marines.

So if you see someone in uniform, this is a great day to say “Thank you.” Then again, any day is a great day to do that.

RELATED: Vice President-elect J.D. Vance wished a happy birthday to the Marines. It’s hard to believe, but in 249 years, he will be the first Marine veteran ever to become Vice President. Since the Democrats are always wanting us to vote for people because they’ll be the first this or that to hold the office, you’d think they’d be happy about this.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/10/jd-vance-first-marine-to-become-vice-president-wishes-fellow-marines-happy-birthday/