James Givan, whose collection of war posters are featured in the current exhibit at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, “World War I Posters”, will be speaking on the evolution of “Armistice Day to Veterans Day: A History With James Givan”.
The hour-long talk will start at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Admission to this Pepsi Primetime @ the Museum is free and open to the public.
“World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
An Act of Congress, approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday — a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as “Armistice Day.”
Givan will talk about Armistice Day, how it came to be “Veterans Day”, and why it is celebrated as it is today.
Complimentary refreshments will be served.
For more information, visit the Tamástslikt website.
