Peter Carmeci, Sullivan County Veterans of Foreign Wars commander, is pictured at Veteran's Day ceremonies at Highland's Hero's Park. Despite threatening skies and intermittent drizzle about 70 persons turned out Wednesday morning for the annual observance of the national holiday honoring all those who served in the armed services. "The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" originally marked the date of the Armistice, which ended World War 1 in 1918. Armistice Day became a legal holiday in many states in the ensuing years, and was made a national holiday by an Act of Congress in 1938. Following World War II and the Korean War, Congress amended the act in 1954, renaming the day Veteran's Day to honor all who had served.