Community Corner
Farmington Rotary Honors Veterans
Tuesday event focused on thanking veterans for their service.
Farmington Rotarians had much to celebrate this Tuesday when they honored member Veterans during their weekly meeting at Apricots. It was the first day power was restored to most of Farmington after a historic 10-day outage and Election Day as well.
Regardless, the focus was entirely on thanking members who had served in the armed forces. Following lunch, veterans shared memories, passing around photos from their service days.
The First Annual Veteran's Celebration hosted by the Rotary Club of Farmington was the idea of and organized and MC’d by Rotarian Mary Lou Wadsworth, whose father retired as a US Navy Captain after serving for 27 years.
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The event was attended by Rotarian veterans as well as Rotarians whose family members were Veterans.
"It is our pleasure to celebrate with our veterans. Their service and dedication keep us free. We need to show our gratitude" said Wadsworth.
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Why do we celebrate Veteran’s day on November 11?
According to the Veterans Administration website, “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.
In November 1919, 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…”
There will be a ceremony honoring Farmington veterans at the Veterans Memorial in front of Town Hall, 1 Montieth Drive at 9:30 am, 11/11/11.
