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Closed for Veterans Day

Published on 11/09/24

The Library will be closed on Monday, November 11, for Veterans Day. It will reopen Tuesday, November 12 at 10 a.m.

Did you know that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day, in remembrance of the day hostilities ended in “The Great War,” now known as World War I? Fighting ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 – although the treaty to end the war was not signed until the next year.

Learn more about the fascinating history of Veterans Day on the Department of Veterans Affairs website.

For the personal histories and memories of veterans across our Nation’s wars from The Great War through recent conflicts, look over the Veterans History Project on the Library of Congress website. The letters of Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner, Jr. (pictured below) are one instance. Captain Allen Sumner Jr World War I

The staff at Whitefish Community Library wishes you and yours a peaceful weekend!