The first Veteran's Day was celebrated ninety-seven years ago on November 11, 1919, where it was called Armistice day because it marked the first anniversary of the armistice which ended The Great War or WWI .

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor takes a look at the history of American involvement in The Great War through the lens of José de la Luz Sáenz, a Mexican-American member of the American Expeditionary Force,

The first Veteran's Day was celebrated ninety-seven years ago on November 11, 1919, where it was called Armistice day because it marked the first anniversary of the armistice which ended The Great War or WWI . On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor takes a look at the history of American involvement in The Great War through the lens of José de la Luz Sáenz, a Mexican-American member of the American Expeditionary Force,

The first Veteran's Day was celebrated ninety-seven&nbsp;years ago on November 11, 1919, where it was called Armistice day because it marked the first anniversary of the armistice which ended The Great War or WWI .

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor takes a look at the history of American involvement in The Great War through the lens of José de la Luz Sáenz, a Mexican-American member of the American Expeditionary Force,

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The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.

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