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Star Spangled simulcast to air 11-11-11
CLARION, Pa. – On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of this millennium, several local radio stations will simultaneously
broadcast “The Star Spangled Banner.”
The nation’s National Anthem will be heard on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at 11 a.m. on 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch,” 92.7 C93-FM, 96.3 WKQW-FM and on AM 1300 WWCH
“Radio 13” simultaneously.
United Way of Clarion County organized the county-wide simulcast as a “way to get the community involved and reminding them the true meaning of Veterans Day,”
according to United Way of Clarion County President Megan Levy.
Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day, began in 1919 as a commemoration of the cease-fire agreement between the Allied Nations and Germany, on Nov. 11, 1918,
seven months before the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended World War I, then called “The Great War.”
The armistice went into effect at 11 a.m., thus one of the Armistice Day traditions became a celebration (and suspension of business) beginning at 11 a.m.
Armistice Day became a federal holiday in 1938, and in 1954 the name was changed to Veteran’s Day, according to the United States Department of Veteran’s
Affairs.
Levy said she thinks “the actual 11th hour has been forgotten.”
This is not yet a national initiative, but Levy said she hopes it soon will be.
“We forwarded our efforts to surrounding United Way organizations in Pennsylvania, hoping that it will catch on,” Levy said.
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