Nice pictures! Brings back memories of my trip to D.C. My grandfather fought in Korea, so images of that memorial hits home.
But I do have one question surrounding the holidays. Why do we have both a Veterans' Day and Memorial Day? I have nothing against it, it just kind of seemed redundant.
As I understand it, Memorial Day specifically honors the American war dead while Veterans' Day honors all, who have served in the armed forces. Veterans' Day, Nov. 11, was originally Armistice Day, which commemorated the signing of the armistice, which ended WW I. It was changed to Veterans' Day in 1954.
