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Bellmores salute veterans
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Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, at the lectern, addresses the veterans.
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Hilda Jordan, president of American Legion Post 1749's Ladies Auxiliary, speaks before the crowd.
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Jack Holzman from the Vietnam War Veterans Association sounds taps to close a Veterans Day ceremony at Newbridge Road Elementary School last week.
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Veterans, elected leaders, firefighters and Boy Scouts circled around the War Memorial at Newbridge Road Elementary School in North Bellmore on Wednesday to salute America's veterans.
In a brief, but emotional ceremony, the crowd of about 40 marked Veterans Day on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Veterans Day was first celebrated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, as a way to remember the end of Word War I. (Hostilities in what was then the world's largest armed conflict ceased on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.) President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day. In 1953, the celebration was later renamed Veterans Day to recognize the sacrifices of all members of U.S. armed forces.
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