Trump and Hegseth Honor the Heroes on This Veterans Day

In addition to honoring the heroes, Trump also made the case for the war with Iran, although he also promised it would be over "soon."

During a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, President Donald Trump thanked U.S. service members for their ongoing sacrifices and argued that the U.S. has been pitted against Iran since 1979, when the Islamic Revolution happened.

President Donald Trump defended the war in Iran and said it will be over "soon" during his Veterans Day address on Wednesday.

Trump made the statement while speaking to a crowd of veterans and their families at Arlington National Cemetery. He highlighted the 1983 Iran-backed bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and argued that Iran has been at war with the U.S. for decades.

"America did not start a war with Iran. Iran has been waging war on America since 1979. They should have been taken care of a long time ago," Trump said.

A brief background on Veterans Day:

The First World War killed as many as 22 million people worldwide and left some 23 million more wounded. An estimated 53,000 of those killed were American service members. Another 204,000 Americans would return home wounded.

World War I ushered in a new age of warfare: industrial and mechanical innovations killed, wounded, and maimed troops on the battlefield in ways previously unimaginable. Tanks, machine guns, and poison gas forever scarred the men in the trenches in ways they could never forget -- and Americans back home took notice.

On the anniversary of the armistice, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first commemoration of Armistice Day, saying:

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."

From Armistice Day to Veterans Day

From that day until 1926, Armistice Day became a day Americans recognized unofficially, closing shops at 11 a.m. so people could line the streets for parades, public meetings, and prayer. By 1926, 27 states had already recognized the day as a holiday, so Congress decided to call it Armistice Day for the entire country. In 1938, November 11th became an official public holiday.

But "The War to End All Wars" didn't end any wars. It was just a prelude to World War II, the largest and costliest war in human history, in terms of both money and lives spent fighting it. World War II didn't end wars, either. After the Allies defeated the Axis Powers, the Cold War began, and in 1950, its first battles were fought on the Korean Peninsula. The United States, less than 40 years after the end of World War I, was suddenly filled with millions of war veterans, all of whom had fought for American freedoms and ideals.

The National Recognition of Veterans Day

In 1954, a year after the end of the Korean War, veteran service organizations lobbied Congress to amend the Act of 1938 to change "Armistice Day" to "Veterans Day" and make November 11th a day to honor all veterans.
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"I have today signed a proclamation calling upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day," President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote in a letter to the administrator of Veterans Affairs. "It is my earnest hope that all veterans, their organizations, and the entire citizenry will join hands to ensure [sic] proper and widespread observance of this day."

I guess I'm not a good patriot because I did not know this:

Some explanation:

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DID YOU KNOW??

The Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona, was mathematically engineered so that every single year on Veterans Day, November 11th, at precisely 11:11 AM, the sun aligns through five towering vertical pillars to cast a brilliant solar spotlight directly onto the Great Seal of the United States embedded in the pavement below.

Anthem Veterans Memorial is a striking tribute located within Anthem Community Park. Designed by local resident Jim Martin and engineered by a multidisciplinary team including architects and astronomers, the memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day in 2011.

​The monument's core feature consists of five cylindrical, white marble pillars ranging in height from 17 to 30 feet, representing the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard). Each pillar features precisely cut elliptical apertures designed to channel sunlight at a very specific solar azimuth and elevation angle.

When November 11th arrives, the sun reaches the exact point in the autumn sky where its rays pass straight through all five openings simultaneously, creating a dazzling solar spotlight effect over the bronze Great Seal medallion on the brick floor.

​The Astronomical Engineering of the Monument:

​How precise celestial mechanics and architectural design unite to honor veterans:

1. The Five Pillars
Structural Symbolism
Five graduated white marble columns represent the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, arranged in Department of Defense order of precedence.

2. Elliptical Openings
Precision Apertures
Engineers calculated exact seasonal sun angles to carve specific viewing slots into the tops of the pillars, accounting for latitude and orbital tilt.

3. The Solar Illumination
November 11, 11:11 AM
At precisely 11 minutes past 11 o'clock on the 11th month, light rays converge seamlessly to illuminate the bronze Great Seal on the plaza floor.

4. Honoring Service Members
Commemorative Pavers
Surrounding the focal monument, thousands of engraved bricks bear the names of veterans from across the United States.

More Surprising Facts About the Memorial:

A. ​The Ordinal Sequence: The pillars are ordered strictly by military precedence, Army on the left, followed by the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard on the right.

B. ​Sacred Paver Ground: The bricks that pave the memorial plaza are separated into distinct rings containing personalized inscriptions honoring living and deceased veterans, funded entirely by community donations and families.

C. ​Year-Round Solar Movement: While the precise spotlight effect only occurs once a year on Veterans Day, the shadow cast by the sun shifts continuously across the plaza throughout the day and year, functioning as a massive architectural sundial.

​SUMMARILY!
​The Anthem Veterans Memorial uses precise astronomical alignment to spotlight the U.S. Great Seal every November 11th at 11:11 AM through five marble pillars representing the military branches.

Hopefully you've learnt something new today?

The Medic Who Writes(TM)

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