Veteran's Day
NSU Has many events today celebrating Veteran's Day. In the Libraries, there is a display at the NSU BA library and there are roll call names at each library.
What is the significance of this day?
From Wikipedia: It celebrates the armistice with Germany which was between the Allies and Germany and was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender.
If you have heard of the 11th hour (which I believe means the very last opportunity), it comes from this signing:
"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Veteran's, thank you for your service.
More questions? Contact library@nsuok.edu - or leave us a comment here.
John Vaughan Library Tahlequah - Broken Arrow Library - Muskogee Library
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