[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 184 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               FOCUS ON HONORING VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, as we approach Veterans Day this coming 
weekend, we will remember that on the eleventh hour of the 11th day of 
the 11th month it was originally the end of World War I. It was known 
as Armistice Day, and in 1919 was the first Armistice Day until the 
Treaty of Versailles finally was done after several iterations of 
armistice was done back then.
  Finally, in 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks had the idea to 
expand it to all veterans. Raymond Weeks was later known as the father 
of what we now know as Veterans Day. In 1954 it was fully renamed 
Veterans Day.
  To properly put the focus on the service and thanking of all our 
living veterans, this Saturday on November 11, I urge all Americans to 
pause and participate in honoring our living veterans at local events 
you may find in your area, Madam Speaker.
  Let them know. It is not just a Friday off for Federal employees and 
the banks or no mail on Saturday, but a grateful Nation, instead, 
thanks them for preserving our freedom and that we should also be 
participants in our citizenship for our country.

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