A Tiny Tribute
In America we have largely forgotten where Veterans Day came from. On the 11th of November we put out flags and remember our Veterans. Well that is what we do if we are not hitting a Veterans Day sale or planning a barbecue. With each passing day the memory of why we celebrate the 11th day of the 11th month grows fainter. Scarcely a person alive today aside from a historian remembers the 11th hour. The Eleventh hour was when the guns fell silent. Guns that in four year rattled the very foundations of humanity an changed the world forever, shaping the world that we know today. Once known simply as Armistice Day it was the moment that World War One came to an end. To be more precise, the moment it ended on the battle field. Kaiser Franz Josef I You see, the repercussions of this conflict still echo imperceptibly in the world we live today. While the thunderous clap of cannons is no more, everything about our technology, government, economy and social systems can be directly