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In The United States, Veterans Day is now

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set aside to thank and honor all those

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who have served in the military. And thus

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today,

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nations all around the world will again commemorate

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on the eleventh hour

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of the eleventh day

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of the eleventh month.

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And today is Veterans Day,

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originally known as Armistice Day. It's a federal

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holiday in The United States observed annually on

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November 11 for honoring military veterans of the

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United States Armed Forces.

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It,

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it kinda collates a few holidays since, you

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know, other countries, including Armistice

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Day, Remembrance Day,

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and, you know, it occurs on the anniversary

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of the end of World War one, which

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is the eleventh hour of the eleventh day

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of the eleventh month of twenty eight teen

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or twenty eighteen, nineteen eighteen.

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And that's when the armistice with Germany went

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into effect.

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And,

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yeah, it's

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a it's a day that's different than Memorial

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Day.

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Memorial Day, also a US public holiday, is

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in May.

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Veterans Day commemorates the service of all US

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veterans.

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Well,

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the Memorial Day,

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which grew out of the civil civil war

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specifically honors those who have died while in

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military service.

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Another military holiday that also occurs in Maine

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is May is Armed Forces Day, which honors

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those currently

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serving. So

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let's get this straight.

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Veterans Day is for veterans

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of the armed forces.

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The

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Memorial Day

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celebrates people who have died while in service,

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and Armed Forces Day honors those who are

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currently serving.

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Of course, there's a Women's Veterans Day as

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well.

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Don't doesn't say when when that is, but,

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it makes sense.

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But on 11/11/1919,

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president

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Woodrow Wilson issued a message to his countrymen

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on the on the first armaments day,

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which he expressed what he felt

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the day meant to Americans.

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It says,

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a year ago today, our enemies laid down

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arms in accordance with an armistice,

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which rendered them impotent to renew hostilities

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and gave the world an assured opportunity

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to reconstruct

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its shattered order and work out peace.

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A new more just set of international relations,

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the soldiers and people of the European allies

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who fought and endured for months,

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more than four years,

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for months. Oh, what is it? Endured for

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more than four years. There we go. Jeez,

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I can't read.

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I shouldn't be reading anyway.

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But to uphold

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the barrier of civilization

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against aggressions of armed force,

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We ourselves had been in the conflict

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something more than a year and a half.

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So, anyway,

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he he did the whole spiel. I'll I'll

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put actually, I'm gonna put his speech in

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the

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in the show notes here. So let me

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copy that. Alright. And,

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the United States Congress adopted a resolution on

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06/04/2026

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requesting that president Coolidge issue an annual plot

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proclamation calling for the observance of November 11.

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A congressional

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act,

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approved on 05/13/1938

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made November 11 of each year a legal

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holiday,

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so that's why we don't get any mail

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today.

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And in 1945,

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World War two veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham,

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Alabama

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had the idea of a national holiday that

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would honor war veterans

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living and dead

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and celebrated the armistice

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celebrated on armistice

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Armistice

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Weeks

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led led a delegation

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to general

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Dwight Eisenhower who supported the idea, the National

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Veterans Day.

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Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947

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in Alabama and annually until his death in

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1985.

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President Reagan honored

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weeks at the White House with a presidential

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citizenship medal in 1982

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as a driving force for the national holiday.

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Elizabeth

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Dole,

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who prepared the briefing for president Reagan,

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determined that Weeks was the father of Veterans

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Day.

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But, anyway,

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all that to say that,

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those of you who served in the United

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States military, I thank you.

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I served with you,

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and

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it's,

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it's a good day. You know, post office

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gets the day off.

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Anyway,

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everybody have a good one. This is a

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short and and sweet one with all kinds

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of

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screw ups and, whatever. That's what makes podcasting

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great.

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This is, day 11 of NAPOD POMO.

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Go check out all the other shows that

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and we'll catch you tomorrow with something a

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little more substantial.

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Again, happy Veterans Day.