American Legion of Wisconsin Door County Commander Terry McNulty hopes people continue to honor the living history around them even in the absence of traditional Veteran’s Day activities. COVID-19 forced the traditional Veterans’ Day ceremony to go virtual this year featuring a speech by Door County Veterans Service Officer Beth Wartella and a musical performance by Ken Pollock. It has also kept many of the over 300 members of American Legion Posts located in Sister Bay, Washington Island, Sturgeon Bay, and Forestville away from meetings and other special activities. McNulty hopes the area’s younger veterans will reach out and buddy up with its older members. He says the organization does a lot of positive things in the community.
McNulty says as its membership ages, it is becoming increasingly hard to do some of the activities they are known to do such as serving as the honor guard for veterans’ funeral and special events.
From Terry McNulty, Door County Commander of The American Legion of Wisconsin
Veterans Day observance reflects history, current events
(Door County) (11/11/2020) -- Veterans Day, the annual time for remembering the end of World
War I and the brave Americans who served in the “war to end all wars,” also draws from the news
headlines of the day.
“What we now call ‘Veterans Day’ began as ‘Armistice Day.’ It is historically significant that
this day continue to be observed on the month, day and hour that the guns fell silent in World War I at 11a.m., Nov. 11, 1918.”
While the day has strong historical roots, current events continue to add meaning to the day.
“Today, thousands of Americans are serving in uniform. They sacrifice in the war on terror and
in hundreds of locations around the globe so we may remain free. They, too, are veterans,”
To mark Veterans Day in these times your local American Legion needs those that have served
to join us and Buddy up with our aging membership.
The American Legion is the nation’s largest wartime veteran’s organization. Founded early in
1919, the delegates to the first National Convention in Minneapolis broke from business sessions to parade down a main street in a heavy snowstorm at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 to mark the anniversary of the armistice.
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