As the sun sets on the Last Frontier, we can be thankful for the day that we have been given and the freedom we have in this great country. Today we say thank you to all the veterans, for their patriotism and the willingness to sacrifice and serve.
Harkening back to 1919, when President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”
At Must Read Alaska, we thank all our servicemen and women and their families for their service and sacrifice.