Celebrate Veteran's Day with a little history!

Today is Veteran's Day, when we honor the men and women who have served our country in the armed services. We at the Dick Smith Library, would like to thank all of our veterans for their service, and especially honor those Tarleton students, alumni, staff and faculty that are veterans.

This day wasn't always called Veteran's Day, though. Originally it was called "Armistice Day" and it celebrated the day that fighting stopped at the end of World War I- November 11, 1918. In 1954, the name was changed to Veteran's Day, in order to also honor the veterans who had served in World War II and the Korean War. If you want to learn more about the history of Veteran's Day, check out this page from the VA, which gives more details.

In honor of Veteran's Day, I also wanted to highlight some books we have in the library that tell the stories of the veterans of America's wars from the Revolutionary War to the present.

Ordinary Courage: the Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin

Eyewitnesses to the Civil War: the Complete History From Secession to  Reconstruction

An American Soldier in World War I

Letters to Lee: From Pearl Harbor to the War's Final Mission

The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea

Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from all Sides

The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War

Nurses in War: Voices from Iraq and Afghanistan