It was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the armistice – the end of hostilities in WWI – went into effect in 1918.  Armistice Day was celebrated in 1919 and became a legal holiday in 1938.  It was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
 
Wearing red poppies to celebrate veterans began with a line in a poem by the Canadian military physician Lt. Col John McCrae – “In Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row”- written for those who died in a Belgian field in WWI.
 
On Wednesday November 11, 2015, let us remember all who have served in our armed forces, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.