Veterans Day began as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance of the day, and November 11 became a national holiday in 1938.
Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans–living or dead–but observes special notice to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.
Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs John Scocos says all Americans owe veterans a big thanks...
"....on this Veteran's Day, I would like to thank each and every person who swore an oath and donned the uniform of a soldier, Marine, sailor, airman or Coast Guard who took a solumn oath the defend this great nation of ours...."
Scocos says veterans don't make the policy but are charged to carry out the mission...
"....veterans have served the world over. Popular and not(popular). They deliver with boots on the ground..."
Veterans Day services will be held in many locations across the Northwoods Friday.
Scocos will resign his post January seventh. Governor Scott Walker appointed Scocos to the post in 2011, after lawmakers took away the Veterans Affairs Board's authority to hire the secretary.
