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Veterans Day observance reflects history, current events
	(CITY) (Month date, year) -- Veterans Day, the annual time for remembering the end of World War I and the brave Americans who served in the “war to end all wars,” also draws from the news headlines of the day.
	“What we now call ‘Veterans Day’ began as ‘Armistice Day.’ It is historically significant that this day continue to be observed on the month, day and hour that the guns fell silent in World War I at 11a.m., Nov. 11, 1918,” (Full Name), commander of (full name and number of post) said.
	While the day has strong historical roots, current events continue to add meaning to the day.
	“Today, thousands of Americans are serving in uniform. They sacrifice in the war on terror and in hundreds of locations around the globe so we may remain free. They, too, are veterans,” (last name) said.
	To mark Veterans Day in (community) (insert all the local information at this point. Focus on answering the five W’s and the H).
	The American Legion is the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization. Founded early in 1919, the delegates to the first National Convention in Minneapolis broke from business sessions to parade down a main street in a heavy snowstorm at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 to mark the anniversary of the armistice.
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