[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOVEMBER 11, 1918

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, when the ``War to end all Wars''--World War I--
concluded on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, 
it was called Armistice Day. We now refer to it as Veterans Day to 
honor those that went to war and those of them that returned from war 
to the vast American landscape.
  When the American doughboys landed in Europe in World War I to a 
deadlocked bloody trench war where millions had already died, their 
relentless spirit not only stunned our enemy but it revived and 
surprised our allies, France and England. The American soldier landed 
90 years ago this year, singing George M. Cohan's ``Over There,'' and, 
as the lyrics say, ``They didn't come back till it was over, over 
there.''
  America has gone to war many times since World War I, and America's 
youth has always answered the call to duty, honor, country.
  This Sunday, on the 11th day of the 11th month, America should fly 
the flag, be proud of our glorious heritage and give praise to veterans 
who went to places they had never seen and fought for peoples they 
didn't know to spread the doctrine of liberty and freedom.
  And that's just the way it is.

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