More than a century ago on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month peace dawned on the millions of teenagers, young men, fathers, and husbands who had endured and overcame the unfathomable horrors of the great war.

Approximately 11 million military personnel of all sides would lay dead before the end. A number that would have been unimaginable in the years prior. Some would return to their families to be buried among their kin, others permanently residing in the local cemeteries of Western Europe. The most important of all are those who were not recovered, those whose names and deeds will never be known to the living. It is with monuments like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery and the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey that we remember in collective those who we will never be able to thank by name for their courage and sacrifice.

On this Armistice/Veterans Day pray for the dearly departed, those that paid the greatest price.

Advocates paying their respects at a memorial in Norfolk.