GC8HJNM Venezia Venue Visitors Venerate Valiant Veterans
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By: gampa&gamma @ | Hide Date: 11/11/2022 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 57.917 W104° 45.837 | Last updated: 11/20/2022 | Fav points: 0
               

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11 November 2022, 09:00 - 11:00

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This Community Celebration Event will be held at John Venezia Community Park.  It will be an opportunity to see old friends and meet new ones, share geocaching stories, enjoy some snacks, and discover and trade trackables.  There will be prize drawings at regular intervals throughout this two hour event.  

 

This Community Celebration Event is being held on Veterans Day.

 

Veterans Day originated as "Armistice Day" on November 11th, 1918. It originally commemorated the armistice between the Allied forces and Germany that took place on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month." On June 28th, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, officially ending World War I. However, the day of the ceasefire, Armistice Day, marked the end of hostilities with Germany and the "war to end all wars."

In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson designated November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, stating, "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"

In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance of Armistice Day. In 1938, November 11th became a national holiday, primarily as a day set aside to honor WWI veterans. However, in 1954, after WWII and the Korean War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Veterans Day was now a day to commemorate veterans of all wars, living or deceased.

 

Community Celebration Events - 2020

This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2022. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.

11/12/2022 By PatriotFan97
Shoot, that was me. I will retrieve them right now

11/12/2022 By gampa&gamma
Hi all,
There are a couple of trackables that were retrieved at the event but haven’t yet been logged as retrieved:
TINCUP trackable
Let’s go fishing!
Please log retrieving these caches so we can close out this event. Thanks!
-gampa&gamma

11/11/2022 By Trea
A surprisingly good turnout, in spite of the cold weather. Thanks so much for hosting on this Veterans Day. It was great seeing everybody.

11/11/2022 By gampa&gamma
Thanks to all the cachers who braved the chilly temperatures and spitting snow to attend this event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of geocaching and more importantly, celebrate our military veterans.

“Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they’ve suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.”
- President Ronald Reagan

11/11/2022 By kenyansherpa
What a wonderful event! Lots of people with whom to chat, prizes for all, a welcome gift and delicious homemade treats ;-) I wish favorite points could be awarded for events because this one certainly deserves one ( or multiple) :-) Thanks to gampa&gamma for organizing such an outstanding occasion for all of us to enjoy!!