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Presidential Proclamation<\/h3>\r\nOn November 11 we honor the many selfless men and women who have risked and often sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Here are some ways you can show your appreciation for their service.<\/p>\r\n
Presidential Proclamation<\/h3>\r\nRead the Presidential Proclamation<\/a> announcing Veterans Day 2014.<\/p>\r\n The National Veterans Day Ceremony<\/a> occurs each year on 11\/11 at 11 a.m. at Arlington National Cemetery<\/a> in Virginia. Many regional observances<\/a> also occur throughout the country.<\/p>\r\n Many restaurants and retailers are offering Veterans Day discounts<\/a> or free meals to service members and veterans. Some offers even extend to family members. This is a partial list of discounts and other deals available to veterans, compiled by the Veterans Administration.<\/p>\r\n The National Education Association<\/a> has a collection of Veterans Day teaching materials for Grades K\u20135. They include lesson plans, activities, a bibliography of children\u2019s literature, and other resources.<\/p>\r\n Another teacher resource guide is available from the Veterans Administration<\/a>. It includes activities, historical and statistical information, illustrations, a directory of veterans service organizations, information on flag etiquette, and more. It was created in 2009 but still contains many valuable resources.<\/p>\r\n Although World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles<\/a> on June 18, 1919, the fighting had ceased several months earlier when an armistice went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918.<\/p>\r\n Read more about the history of Veterans Day at the Center of Military History<\/a> Web site and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> Web site.<\/p>\r\n You can find other Veterans Day resources<\/a> at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Web site.<\/p>\r\n Article by Bobby Griffith.<\/em><\/p>\r\n Photo of U.S. flag<\/a> from the Veterans Day Poster Gallery<\/a> on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Web site.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On November 11 we honor the many selfless men and women who have risked and often sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Here are some ways you can show your appreciation for their service. Presidential Proclamation Read the Presidential Proclamation announcing Veterans Day 2014. National Veterans Day Ceremony The National Veterans Day Ceremony occurs each… Read more »<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[275],"tags":[160,158,159],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-days","tag-armistice_day","tag-veterans","tag-veterans_day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5tTx0-32","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/untdocsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}National Veterans Day Ceremony<\/h3>\r\n
Veterans Day Deals for the Troops<\/h3>\r\n
Teaching Materials<\/h3>\r\n
History of Veterans Day<\/h3>\r\n
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