Carnival of Family Life: Honoring Our Veterans Edition

Wel­come to the very spe­cial Hon­or­ing Our Vet­er­ans Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life.

Ninety years ago, Novem­ber 11, 1918, marked the end of “the war to end all wars.” A year later, Pres­i­dent Woodrow Wil­son estab­lished the first Armistice Day when the reflec­tions of all Amer­i­cans “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 …” The annual com­mem­o­ra­tion became an offi­cial legal hol­i­day in 1938. How­ever, in 1954, fol­low­ing World War II and the Korean War, it was rechris­tened “Vet­er­ans’ Day” and Pres­i­dent Dwight Eisen­hower issued the first offi­cial Vet­er­ans’ Day Proclamation.

In 1968, the Uni­forms Hol­i­day Bill (Pub­lic Law 90–363 (82 Stat. 250)) was designed to assure that all Fed­eral employ­ees enjoyed three-day week­ends when cel­e­brat­ing Washington’s Birth­day, Memo­r­ial Day, Vet­er­ans Day, and Colum­bus Day. But the his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance of Vet­er­ans’ Day caused many state leg­is­la­tures, all major vet­er­ans ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions, and a sub­stan­tial num­ber of Amer­i­can cit­i­zens to protest hon­or­ing Vet­er­ans on any day but Novem­ber 11. Accord­ingly, Pres­i­dent Ger­ald Ford signed Pub­lic Law 94–97 (89 Stat. 479) in 1975 and since 1978, Vet­er­ans’ Day has been cel­e­brated on Novem­ber 11, irre­spec­tive of the day of the week upon it falls.

Vet­er­ans’ Day is a time to honor all who have served their coun­try and rec­og­nize their patri­o­tism, love of coun­try, and sac­ri­fice for the sake of the com­mon good.

Edu­ca­tion

We honor my father who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps dur­ing World War II, sta­tioned in Aus­tralia, the Philip­pines, and New Zealand.

Lau­reen presents Doc­u­ment­ing the Process posted at The Life With­out School Com­mu­nity Blog.

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Cyndi Lavin presents Yvonne’s Herbed Meat Loaf posted at Busy Fam­ily Meal Plan­ning.  “Novem­ber is a great month for com­fort food,” writes Cyndi, “and Yvonne’s Herbed Meat Loaf is about as com­fort­ing as it gets!”

Dora Renee Wilk­er­son presents For­tune Cook­ies posted at Knit­ting, horses, and my fam­ily. “My daugh­ter brought home an old cook­book for me.  I love old cook­books,” Dora relates.  “She wanted us to make some­thing new together, so we picked For­tune Cook­ies. You never know what kids will write in them, either.”

GrrlSci­en­tist presents Seafood Recipes? posted at Liv­ing the Sci­en­tific Life.

Fam­ily Crafts and Activities

One Fam­ily presents Fru­gal Liv­ing – Ski­ing Story posted at One Family’s Blog, describ­ing how aver­age Amer­i­can fam­i­lies can ski on a bud­get using fru­gal strategies.

How­ToMe presents How to Sew a Casse­role Car­rier posted at How­ToMe.

Fam­ily Finance

Kelly presents Stretch Your Food Bud­get posted at Almost Fru­gal Food.

Ray­mond presents The Best Christ­mas Credit Cards For Hol­i­day Shop­ping posted at Money Blue Book.

Matthew Paul­son presents What to do When There is Less Money Than You Need posted at Amer­i­can Con­sumer News.

Mon­eyN­ing presents My Par­ents Taught Me About Per­sonal Finance posted at Money Ning.

Debt Free­dom Fighter presents Tips For Man­ag­ing The Risk In Your Finan­cial Goals posted at Dis­cover Debt Free­dom!

Money Answer Guy presents How Do I Take Charge of My Finances? posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Heather Levin presents How To Have A Fru­gal Thanks­giv­ing posted at The Green­est Dol­lar.

Super Saver presents Col­lege 529 Sav­ings Account — Sig­nif­cantly Down posted at My Wealth Builder, lament­ing that the “bear mar­ket of 2008 has destroyed our col­lege sav­ings account.”

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Vic presents Health Ben­e­fits of Yogurt posted at Yogurt Maker Cen­tral, extolling the virtues of a healthy snack for you and your fam­ily.  Accord­ing to Vic, “yogurt has all of the health ben­e­fits of milk, but con­tains pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria and most of the lac­tose has been removed.”

Riley presents AAGL and Alter­na­tives to Hys­terec­tomy posted at All Rileyed Up.

Fam­ily Humor

Susie Q. presents How Old? The Num­bers Game posted at The Mus­ings.

Fam­ily Pets

GP presents Alle-Oop posted at Manely Mon­tana, described by the author as a dis­cus­sion of “a day in the life with the “family.”

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships and Self-Improvement

JHS presents Blog­Blast for Peace 2008: No Peace With­out True Equal­ity posted here at Col­lo­quium. There can be no peace in the world until all per­sons are assured equal­ity under the law, irre­spec­tive of their gen­der or sex­ual ori­en­ta­tion. Sadly, the fight against dis­crim­i­na­tion must con­tinue here in Cal­i­for­nia in the wake of this past Tuesday’s election.

Deb­bie Dragon presents Where Is Your Hap­pi­ness? posted at Empow­er­ing Mom.

Don­ald Latumahina presents Self Moti­va­tion: How to Moti­vate Your­self posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Khan presents Divorced Par­ents and Grad­u­a­tion posted at Higher Edu­ca­tion and Career Blog. “Diplo­macy and diplo­mas,” Khan says. “It’s a good idea to make sure that you nur­ture the for­mer while you receive the latter.”

Erika Collin presents 100+ Resources for Com­ing Out of the Closet posted at The Love Coach.

Fam­ily Travel

We honor my father-in-law, who served state­side in the U.S. Army dur­ing World War II.

Kara Williams presents Top Travel Game for School-age Kids: Yamodo! Good to Go! posted at Trav­el­ing Mamas, sug­gest­ing a “great stocking-stuffer for school-age kids (and their parents).”

Amy Smith presents Favorite Field Trip: China posted at Kids Love Learn­ing.

Kara Williams presents Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water­park Resort posted at Lodg­ing.  Kara says that “Indoor water­park resorts are explod­ing in pop­u­lar­ity! Here’s why my fam­ily loved the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas.”

Matthew Paul­son presents Eat & Drink Your­self Around the World Dis­ney Style posted at The Travel Advo­cate.

As I do every year, I will be per­form­ing with the Lodi Com­mu­nity Band at 11:00 a.m. on Novem­ber 11, 2008, dur­ing our com­mu­nity com­mem­o­ra­tion at the Amer­i­can Legion Building.

GrrlSci­en­tist presents Man­hat­tan in Autumn at the Anne Lof­tus Play­ground posted at Liv­ing the Sci­en­tific Life.  Located in the north­east cor­ner of Fort Tryon Park in Inwood (Man­hat­tan), the play­ground hon­ors Anne Lof­tus (1925–1989), a busi­ness­woman and neigh­bor­hood admin­is­tra­tor, while the park, span­ning 67 acres, was named for Sir William Tryon, a Major Gen­eral and the last British gov­er­nor of colo­nial New York.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Kevin presents Hope for Kids — Teach­ing Our Chil­dren To Over­come Adver­sity posted at More4kids.

Mr. Credit Card presents Teach­ing Your Child The Dif­fer­ence Between Wants and Needs posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.

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