Veterans Day 2008
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month passed quietly in Jasper.
Photo Courtesy Mari Livsey - Know Pickens.com
There was a parade of vintage military vehicles, motorcycles, the Pickens County High School Band, local Boy Scouts and quite a few “vintage” veterans. A much larger crowd of veterans, spouses, friends and supportive citizens waited patiently for the parade to wind its way to a conclusion in front of the Court House. It was a friendly, but reserved and quiet crowd that milled around the Veteran’s Monument on the front courtyard of the court house. The monument carries the names of all the residents of Pickens County who gave their lives for our freedoms during wars from World War I to just last year in Iraq.
The original holiday, Armistice Day, marked the official end of hostilities on the Eastern Front in World War 1 on the 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Continue reading »