11.11.11 is Veterans Day or Remembrance Day in many countries around the world. It marks the armistice that ended the fighting in World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It has evolved to be a day in the U.S. and other countries to honor all veterans.
Today’s collection features a few military bookish pictures I found this week.
This book plate from World War I is pretty self explanatory. Image: newmexico51
James Melville Gilliss Library at the Naval Observatory. Image: Photo Phiend
Asaph Hall at the Naval Observatory Library. Image: Photo Phiend
U.S. Military Academy Library at West Point. Image: USMA Library
So on this 11.11.11 Veteran’s Day I want to say a quick Thank You to all who have served or are serving our country. My husband and stepdad both served in long ago wars and it’s nice that their sacrifice, and that of others, is not forgotten.
JT
