Happy Veterans Day

Francis M Weatherred

Revolutionary War

War of 1812

Thank you to all our Veterans who have served our country.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said

"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."

The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. A Congressional 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 thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'."

In 1945, WWII veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the "Father of Veterans Day.

Copy on Veterans Day from Wikipedia.

Happy Veterans Day

 

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for you, our veterans.

We celebrate and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

My father - far left, Art's father - center, and Art's uncle right with my grandfather's Marine dog tags and patches in center front. The flag is from my father's ship.

Thank you for serving.

Veterans Day

 

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for you, our veterans.

We celebrate and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

Thank you for serving.

Veteran: Col. Anthony Bledsoe

 
Col. Anthony Bledsoe

Anthony Bledsoe (1733–1788) was an American surveyor, politician and military colonel. He served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. 

Great, great, great, great grandfather of Jan Riser.

Early life:
Anthony Bledsoe was born in 1733 in Culpeper County, Virginia. His father was Abraham Bledsoe. His brothers included Isaac Bledsoe (1735-1793) and Jacob Bledsoe, Sr. (1724-1817).

Career:
He served in the French and Indian War of 1754–1763 in the Virginia militia.

After the war, he served as a justice of the peace for Augusta County in 1769, Botetourt County in 1770 and 1771, and Fincastle County in 1773 and 1774. He also served on the Fincastle Committee of Safety from 1775 to 1776. In 1776, he commanded Fort Patrick Henry on Long island of the Holston in Tennessee. The following year, in 1777, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates.

In 1779, he became a surveyor of the Western parts of Virginia and North Carolina to establish borders for further explorations to come. The following year, in 1780, he became a justice of the peace for the newly created county of Sullivan County, North Carolina; in 1781 and 1782, he served as its state Senator. In 1783, he was one of the surveyors of the North Carolina military land grant reservation. The same year, in 1783, he became a justice of the peace for new Davidson County, Tennessee, named after North Carolina General William Lee Davidson (1746–1781)

During the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he served as a Colonel over the Davidson County Regiment of the North Carolina militia. Units that he served in During the American Revolution include:

• Major in a Virginia unit (1776)
• Major in the Washington County Regiment of Militia (1777-1779)
• Major in the Sullivan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia (1779-1781)
• Lt. Colonel in the Sullivan County Regiment of Militia (1781-1783)
• Colonel over the Davidson County Regiment of Militia (1783)

Shortly after the war, 1785 to 1786, he served as a state Senator for Davidson County, Tennessee. He also became an early settler of Sumner County, Tennessee, building what came to be known as Bledsoe's Station in Caralin Springs, Tennessee. By 1787, he served as the Chairman of the Sumner County court. He also served as a surveyor of the area, trying to keep Indians at bay.

Personal life:

He married Mary Ramsey Bledsoe (1734–1808) of Augusta County, Virginia, in the 1760s. They had five sons and six daughters:

• Abraham Bledsoe
• Thomas Bledsoe
• Sarah Bledsoe
• Anthony Bledsoe, Jr.
• Isaac Bledsoe
• Henry Ramsey Bledsoe
• Rachael Bledsoe
• Polly Bledsoe - this is Jan Riser's great, great, great grandmother. Anthony is the great, great, great, great grandfather of Jan.
• Prudence Bledsoe
• Susan Bledsoe

Death:

He was killed by Native Americans on July 20, 1788, in Castalian Springs, Tennessee.

Legacy:

• Bledsoe County, Tennessee, was named in his honor when it was created in 1807 with land from Roane County and land formerly owned by Native Americans.
• A chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution located in Sumner County, Tennessee, is named in his honor.

Happy Veterans Day

 

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for you, our veterans.

We celebrate and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

Thank you for serving.

Copy from Military.

Veterans Day

 
Thank you to all our veterans for serving our country.

Photography by Jan Riser.

Happy Veterans Day

Thank you to all our Veterans who have served our country.

Dog tags, patches and other Marine emblems from my Grandfather who was in WWI.

Veterans Day

SACRED
To the memory of
ALEXANDER DUNN
who was born
the 18th day of
December 1763
and died
The 22nd December
1846

SACRED

To the memory of

STEPHEN NOLEN.

who departed this life

Oct. 26, 1846

aged 93 years.

SEABORN LEWIS WHEELIS

MARCH 22 1794

DEC 22 1856

s/o S.L & S.A.B.

War of 1812
(unmarked grave at the Mt. Hickory Cemetery)

MICHAEL ANDREW JACKSON CARLISLE

APRIL 14 1816

SEPT 13 1898

s/o E.G. & E.A.W

Indian Wars
(unmarked grave at the Mt. Hickory Cemetery)

JOHN M ANDREWS

ALABAMA

PFC 167 INF 42 RAINBOW DIV

WORLD WAR I

OCT 30 1887     DEC 21 1964

 CHARLIE C CLARK
ALABAMA

PVT CO B 1 DEVELOPMENT BN

WORLD WAR1

AUG 23 1890     JAN 18 1961

WALTER T WILLIAMSON

ALABAMA

PFC CO A 39 INFANTRY

WORLD WAR I

MAY 29 1892     DEC 26 1967

JAMES E BROOKS

ALABAMA

AVN CADET 3617 AF TNG SQ

NOV 17 1928     JUNE 2 1952

JOE H BROOKS

ALABAMA

PVT 364 INFANTRY

WORLD WAR II

JULY 28 1922     JAN 13 1952

PAULING COTTER

GILLILAND

SEPT 23 1911     SEPT 25 1995

FRED R KNIGHT

ALABAMA

PFC HQ CO 1 BN 273 INF

WORLD WAR II BSM

JAN 18 1915     FEB 8 1959

MARIE SINGER MORTON

1ST LT US ARMY

WORLD WAR 11

NOV 8 1918    AUG 7 2007

ARMY NURSE CORP

JB PEARSON

ALABAMA

PFC 315 OM SERVICE CO

WORLD WAR II

AUG 17 1917     APRIL 26 1961

DR. WILLIAM HENRY RISER, JR.

JUNE 25, 1911

JANUARY 11, 1961

(WORLD WAR II)

CLAUDE W WOODALL

US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

1920                 2001

CLIFFORD GAY DAVIS

CPL US ARMY

KOREA

JAN 31 1933     JUL 2 2012

JOE WHEELER CARRETT

SGT US ARMY

KOREA

MAY 12 1929     APR 4 2004

WILBUR CLAUDE ADCOX

ALABAMA

T SGT 93 BOMB WO AF

KOREA   VIETNAM

JULY 15 1929     AUG 10 1968

C. LEWIS HIGH

KOREAN WAR

AUG. 27, 1931

MAY 12, 1991

WARNER FARRELL LEE

LT US NAVY

VIETNAM

NOV 3 1939     FEB 5 2004

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

AIR MEDAL

CHARLES A SPENCE JR

CPL US ARMY

KOREA

JAN 30 1927     AUG 21 2002

WARNER FARRELL LEE

LT US NAVY

VIETNAM

NOV 3 1939     FEB 5 2004

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

AIR MEDAL

FRANK B REAVES

LTC US ARMY VIETNAM

JAN 23 1934     SEPT 9 2011

CHAPLAIN RETIRED

26 YRS US ARMY WITH

TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM

ROY LESLIE SIKES

US ARMY

VIETNAM

SEP 3 1932     NOV 5 1997

IN MEMORY

OF 

SGT JOE H SIKES

JUNE 2, 1917

LOST HIS LIFE IN SOUTH PACIFIC AREA

OCT 24, 1944

HIS VALOR LIVES ON

(from Memorial Day post)

Father and Son

WESLEY

RISER

PEARSON

US ARMY

OCT 31 1940

JUL 8 1974

Photos taken at the Westview Cemetery, Mt. Hickory Cemetery and the Milltown Cemetery in Chambers County Alabama by Jan Riser.