This Community Celebration Event will be held at the PPLD - East Library. 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 the mid-point of this 2-hour event.
This Community Celebration Event will be held the day before 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.
We will meet in the East Annex. It is to your left as you enter the main doors and down the hall past the restrooms.
Community Celebration Events - 2025
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.