A Book of Generations

Sweere, Dykhoff, Richart, Duren and collateral lineages

Honoring Our Veterans

the Webmistress | November 11, 2006

People sleep peaceably
in their beds at night
only because rough men stand ready
to do violence on their behalf.
~George Orwell

Veterans Day
World War I ended with the armistice, which went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.
November 11 then became known as Armistice Day, first recognized as an official [...]