A late afternoon Veterans Day post

Most of this post is from last year because I(MOM) did not get one done earlier and I spent part of the morning today AT Topeka's FIRST Veterans Day Parade - I think was late in coming since we have a Veterans Medical Center here which is also part of Eastern Kansas Health Care System which includes the Leavenworth VA - with a good-size military presence including Ft. Leavenworth.
The following also includes a brief history lesson about the origination of Veterans Day.  Some of you may remember that both my dad and my brother were/are veterans.  My mom worked at a veterans medical center where I have worked for over 25 years.  And then I remembered that Kansas is the actual birth place of Veteran's Day - yep, now for that history lesson-

EMPORIA, KANSAS 

 was the actual birthplace of Veteran's Day back on Nov. 11, 1953, when Alvin King, a resident of Emporia, felt that the day which was called Armistice Day didn't give just credit to all those veterans who had served and given their lives since WW1.  After U.S. Rep. Ed Rees of Emporia, introduced legislation in Congress in the spring of 1954 to change Armistice Day to Veteran's Day all across America, it was Oct. 8, 1954, when then President Eisenhower signed a proclamation that stated: “On that day, let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.

 And let's not forget - the veterans of our military - they are not just the two-legged kind-
we also owe a big debt of gratitude to all those 4 leggers

 Team Beaglebratz is forever grateful for what ALL of our veterans have given to us.

~Kim, Shiloh'n The DIVA Shasta~