A community group is raising money to erect a veterans’ honor wall on the property. It will contain the names of over 500 area men and women who served in the US armed forces.

   A dinner was held at the post in the evening with Dr. Peter Ziarnowski as guest speaker. Currently Dr. Ziarnowski is the Team Leader of the Rochester Vet Center, a specialized program within the VA that reaches out to and offers a full range of mental health services to combat zone veterans and their families.

VFW Post 10844 color guard honors its fellow veterans.

Caledonia veterans Carl Worden, post chaplain and Stanley Rychlicki,
salute their fallen comrades.

History of Veteran’s Day

   Veteran’s Day was originally called Armistice Day. It marked November 11, 1918, the day that the Allies and the Germans signed a cease fire, so ending the fighting of World War I. Celebrations took place all over the world.

   The following year, President Woodrow Wilson issued an Armistice Day proclamation that encouraged an annual observance of this day in history. Congress issued a proclamation in 1938 that stated each November 11 "shall be dedicated to the cause of world peace and ... hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day." It later became a legal holiday celebrated with observances at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and parades in towns and cities across the country.

   After WWII, veteran’s groups decided to change Armistice Day to Veteran’s Day to better include all veterans of war, not just those from WWI. The first Veteran’s Day observance took place in Kansas City in 1953. By an act of Congress, Armistice Day was officially changed to Veteran’s Day on May 24, 1954. President Eisenhower called on all citizens to observe the day by remembering the sacrifices of all those who fought so gallantly, and through rededication to the task of promoting an enduring peace.