Click to Translate to English Click to Translate to French  Click to Translate to Spanish  Click to Translate to German  Click to Translate to Italian  Click to Translate to Japanese  Click to Translate to Chinese Simplified  Click to Translate to Korean  Click to Translate to Arabic  Click to Translate to Russian  Click to Translate to Portuguese  Click to Translate to Myanmar (Burmese)

PANDEMIC ALERT LEVEL
123456
Forum Home Forum Home > Main Forums > General Discussion
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Veteran's Day 2013 - American's Only?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Now tracking the new emerging South Africa Omicron Variant

Veteran's Day 2013 - American's Only? - Event Date: November 11 2013

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
Medclinician2013 View Drop Down
Valued Member
Valued Member
Avatar

Joined: September 17 2013
Location: Carmel
Status: Offline
Points: 9020
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Medclinician2013 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Calendar Event: Veteran's Day 2013 - American's Only?
    Posted: November 11 2013 at 8:43am
Perhaps of all Veteran's Days in my life, this one is the most ignored in the mainstream media in history. On December 1, 2013 the elderly and poor veterans will be hit by a cataclysmic event of wiped out social security when many paying for 3 months out of their checks dwarfing some to $20-$30.  There will be no money for the rent, many will become homeless, and the food assistance programs and shelters will be overwhelmed.

Yet perhaps I can post this article, since Googling Veteran's Day on 5 major search engines brought up some history and many free dinners, no writing of poignant http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poignant  significance could I find on the Internet. Yet one gentleman posted an article which seems to give the basic facts about the holiday.

liowegian.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/veterans-day/

Veteran’s Day is one day a year that is supposed to be dedicated to the men and women who put their lives on hold to serve our nation. It falls on November 11th for a reason.

On the 11th day of the 11th month at the eleventh hour, the cease fire ending World War One went into effect. Originally called Armistice Day, Poppy Day, or Remembrance Day, this day was set aside to remember the end of the war to end all wars and the people who fought in it. The reason it was referred to as Poppy Day is there is a poppy seed that can lay dormant for years and years until the ground it is in is disturbed. There used to be an area in Belgium and France (currently known as Nord Pas De Calais) known as the County of Flanders. During World War I, after some fierce fighting, the allied troops were buried in a makeshift cemetery known as Flanders Fields. When the following spring arrived, areas that had been dug up to bury soldiers were covered in red poppies. This is the reason that on Veteran’s Day, groups from American Legion Posts pass out poppies and ask for donations. The money they make from the donations is used to buy American Flags to place on the graves of veterans come Memorial Day. In America, until the end of World War Two, Veteran’s Day was known as Armistice Day. Unfortunately, the peace that started when the war to end all wars ended did not last, but Veteran’s Day lives on.

At a cyber simulation of a nightclub last night in Second Life  with avatars from all over the world, a bitter debate erupted as many became inebriated, drugged, and the fierce argument raged for perhaps 20 minutes-Is Veteran's Day only for Americans who fought in foreign wars?

With no small amount of patriotism I donned my combat fatigues and dog-tags, boots, and even military cap, and found there was no small amount of hostility for Americans spreading globally throughout world.

The Brits raged that they had remembrance day, the French had Armistice Day
french.lovetoknow.com/How_the_French_Celebrate_Armistice_Day

The Canadians also were irate and also spoke of Remembrance Day or Poppy Day as the DJ gave me a cyber poppy to wear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day


The Aussies (Australians) (some ranted) that they had given lives and lost love ones in not a national war.  It is also was celebrated today by them as well
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/remembrance/

The Russians celebrate Victory Day on May 9th.

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-104078162/stock-photo-saint-petersburg-may-veterans-day-in-russia-world-war-ii-victory-day-portrait-of-a-hero-may.html

Comment: How well to we honor and take care of or people who risked their lives, in some cases, to preserve the Freedom and Liberty of the United States as well as the world?

http://www.nd.gov/veterans/homeless/

About one-third of the adult homeless population have served their country in the Armed Services. Current population estimates suggest that about 131,000 Veterans (male and female) are homeless on any given night and perhaps twice as many experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year. Many other Veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard housing.

Right now, the number of homeless male and female Vietnam era Veterans is greater than the number of service persons who died during that war -- and a small number of Desert Storm veterans are also appearing in the homeless population. Although many homeless Veterans served in combat in Vietnam and suffer from PTSD, at this time, epidemiologic studies do not suggest that there is a causal connection between military service, service in Vietnam, or exposure to combat and homelessness among Veterans. Family background, access to support from family and friends, and various personal characteristics (rather than military service) seem to be the stronger indicators of risk of homelessness

Almost all homeless Veterans are male (about three percent are women), the vast majority are single, and most come from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds. Homeless Veterans tend to be older and more educated than homeless non-Veterans. But similar to the general population of homeless adult males, about 45% of homeless Veterans suffer from mental illness and (with considerable overlap) slightly more than 70% suffer from alcohol or other drug abuse problems. Roughly 56% are African American or Hispanic.

Conclusion: Those with relatives and friends who are American Veterans many still think of them with strong feelings of love and deep respect and honor. Yet on this Veteran's day I would ask we remember our allies who we could not have won the wars without. They died for our country and the world as well.  A moment of silence and deep thought and for some even prayer for the noble men and women who died for the free world.

.... moment ...

May God, for those believe in such a being, bless and protect the families and loved ones who remember with great emotion, love, and respect the fallen whose courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Medclinician






Medclinician - not if but when - original
Back to Top
rickster58 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: March 09 2009
Location: Sydney
Status: Offline
Points: 4875
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rickster58 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2013 at 4:06pm
Thanks for this post Med, It's called Remembrance Day here. Everything stops at 11.00am for 1 minutes silence.
Back to Top
Kilt2 View Drop Down
Adviser Group
Adviser Group
Avatar

Joined: December 17 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 7414
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kilt2 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2013 at 6:18pm
grammar grammar

Veterans day has no possessive apostrophe and neither does Americans only.

You got that backwards.

My grandson now has my grandfather's medals because he served in both world wars in the Royal Navy. But because my grandson is an American and the medals are his great great grandfather's who was British, his school has no interest.

Only Americans (no possessive apostrophe) are considered worthy of remembrance on the 11th of the 11th.

Is America the only country in the world?
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
Back to Top
SouthTexas View Drop Down
Guest Group
Guest Group
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SouthTexas Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2013 at 7:26pm
Thank you for your service Med, Turbo, and any other Veterans who visit this site.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down