[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 167 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H12242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              VETERANS DAY

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, the war to end all wars, World War I, ended 
on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1911. In these words, Armistice 
Day became our Nation's day to give our gratitude to all, to all of our 
servicemen and women, as President Wilson proclaimed: ``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 the opportunity it has given America to show 
her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations.''
  Peace and justice. Peace and justice.
  President Eisenhower would later, in 1954, change this title to 
Veterans Day. This 110th Congress has fulfilled its duty to the spirit 
and the meaning of Veterans Day by passing the largest increase in 
veterans benefits in the past 77 years, making certain all vets receive 
the benefits they have earned.
  This Veterans Day day, please, please thank a veteran for their 
service, for this is still our Nation's finest hour.

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