Saturday, November 11, 2006
Veterans’ Day
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
“It is well that war is so terrible; else we would grow too fond of it”
— Robert E. Lee
“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”
— George William Curtis
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.
— John Philpot Curran Speech upon the Right of Election (1790)
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Day Web Page
The Origins of Veterans Day from the VFW
