World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
Veterans Day is an American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is celebrated on the same day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) The holiday is commonly misprinted as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements.
Personal side note: As of last night, John's internal medicine rotation had zero patients. This is basically unheard of. As a result, we were hoping he didn't need to go in at all today. This morning he called in at 6am to find that one woman had been admitted so in he went, but hopefully only for a few housr before he comes home to celebrate the holiday with me. What a great weekend this has been.
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Hi Wendi.
Just a question. How big is the hospital that JB and Phillip work at, what size of an area does it service?? I'm assuming it serves all people in the area, and is just a teaching hospital for the Army/Navy??
How many people actually live at Eglin? Are they just there for training, or are some of them actually overseas?
Sorry,this has turned into many questions!! I'm trying to understand your "little community" better.
Cheryl
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