Good morning.
A sunny day, with a high temperature of forty-six awaits Whitewater today.
It’s Veterans’ Day, and on this day in 1918, formerly known as Armistice Day, the First World war came to an end. The New York Times described the end of that terrible conflict succinctly at the time:
Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2:48 A.M.–The armistice between Germany, on the one hand, and the allied Governments and the United States, on the other, has been signed.
The State Department announced at 2:45 o’clock this morning that Germany had signed.
The department’s announcement simply said: “The armistice has been signed.”
The world war will end this morning at 6 o’clock, Washington time, 11 o’clock Paris time.
Over at the Capital TImes, editor emeritus Dave Zweifel nicely describes how to commemorate this day, in a column entitled, “Plain Talk: Remember to thank a veteran today”:
Regardless of your views of America’s ongoing wars, make it a point today to thank a veteran for his or her service to the country we all call home.
For it is veterans who have shouldered the burden that U.S. policies — good and bad — have wrought. Those who serve in today’s military don’t have to be there, but they’ve made a decision to put themselves at risk if for no other reason than to serve their country and all it stands for. That alone deserves a thank you and a pat on the back.
Today, Veterans Day, is also a time to remember the families of these servicemen and women. For they, too, have endured the pains and the worry while their loved ones were placed in harm’s way.
Sincere and worthy sentiments, I’m quite sure.
Google’s puzzle for today asks “This mineral functions as a compass inside the brains of birds. What is its chemical name?”