OAKHURST–The community is invited to observe Veterans Day with a Veterans Day Service at the Little Church in the Oakhill Cemetery. This service will give thanks for the sacrifice of thousands of men and women for the freedoms we and others enjoy as Americans. The service will include patriotic hymns, a short message, prayers, and readings. Rev. David A. Sebastian, the pastor emeritus of Oakhurst Lutheran Church, will lead the service. For more information or questions, call Rev. Sebastian at 683-HOPE.
Veteran’s Day Service at the Little Church- November 11 with an 11:00 a.m. service.
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) 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 after that celebrated and known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day was primarily set aside to honor Veterans of World War I. In 1954, the 83rd Congress amended the act by changing “Armistice” to Veterans. At that point, it became a day to honor American Veterans of all wars. You can read more about the history of Veterans Day here.
