K_A, Veteran's Day is more commonly observed on the 12th, which is today. I was actually going to post a thread about it, but you beat me to it.

My dad is actually speaking at a high school in the Twin Cities for a Veteran's Day service. Though he was never stationed, he did give 22+ years of his life to the United States Air Force. I was going to go to it, but that would require me to go almost 200 miles and skip work.

My school always honored our veterans. The students got together and made a special video presentation, and we even had a nice procession. Along with guest speakers, it's not really one of those 'I get out of school for a couple hours' things. I don't have classes today, which I found strange because I've always had school on this day.

I thank them for what they've done, because without them we may be in an oppressed state, but they won our freedom.