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Monrovia Weekly Nov 11, 2020
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ByTerry Miller
Theinaugural Field of Honor display at Monrovia Library Park proudlydisplayed scores of Old Glory in time for Veterans Day — complete with a briefand warm fall ceremony put on by the Allied Veterans Council. Monrovia citystaff were available to hand out tags for those wishing to thank a veteran ora first responder on Veterans Day.
TheAllied Veterans Council is a group of veteran and civic organizations thathonor and support local veteran communities such as the American Legion Post 44in Monrovia, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Duringhis speech, Scott Sinclair, president of Allied Veterans Council, told thesocially distanced veterans, friends, and families that “All veterans livesmatter.”
Onhand were veteran Monrovia Police officers and veterans from every militarybranch of government.
Sinclairthen honored the men and women from every branch of service, from the CoastGuard to the Marines.
Photos by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Meanwhile,a pair of F-16 military jets flew near the mountains during the ceremony.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, marking the official end of World War I, but the armistice date of Nov. 11, 1918, remained in the public imagination as the date that marked the end of the conflict.
One year later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. Celebrations included parades and public gatherings, as well as a brief pause in business and school activities at 11 a.m.
In 1921, an unidentified soldier killed in the war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
