This Saturday is Veterans Day. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, which was the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. In 1954, President Eisenhower changed the name to Veterans Day to honor all Veterans from any war. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans - living or dead - but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime. I want to take a moment to thank all veterans, but especially my Dad, Terry Rawlings, and Uncle Lane Montague. My uncle was in the Army and served in Vietnam. Dad also served in Vietnam in the Navy on the USS Princeton, an air craft carrier, and later on the USS Schenectady, a LST tank landing ship. I am so very proud of the veterans in my family and want to thank all veterans everywhere for their service and sacrifice.