By Terry Miller
The inaugural Field of Honor display at Monrovia Library Park proudly displayed scores of Old Glory in time for Veterans Day — complete with a brief and warm fall ceremony put on by the Allied Veterans Council. Monrovia city staff were available to hand out tags for those wishing to thank a veteran or a first responder on Veterans Day.
The Allied Veterans Council is a group of veteran and civic organizations that honor and support local veteran communities such as the American Legion Post 44 in Monrovia, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
During his speech, Scott Sinclair, president of Allied Veterans Council, told the socially distanced veterans, friends, and families that “All veterans lives matter.”
On hand were veteran Monrovia Police officers and veterans from every military branch of government.
Sinclair then honored the men and women from every branch of service, from the Coast Guard to the Marines.
Photos by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Meanwhile, a pair of F-16 military jets flew near the mountains during the ceremony.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, marking the official end of World War I, but the armistice date of Nov. 11, 1918, remained in the public imagination as the date that marked the end of the conflict.
One year later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. Celebrations included parades and public gatherings, as well as a brief pause in business and school activities at 11 a.m.
In 1921, an unidentified soldier killed in the war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
