Buddy Holly was buried in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. The name on his
tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname. Pallbearers
for the funeral were Joe Mauldin, Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan, Bob Montgomery,
Sonny Curtis and Phil Everly.  

Back row, (L-R) Dr. David Brown, Dr. Laurel Clark, Payload commander Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon. Front row, (L-R) Commander Rick Husband, Flight engineer Kalpana Chawla, Co-pilot William McCool. (NASA)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

 
            Camille Bohannon

President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November
11, 1919. In 1945, World War II 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. He led a delegation to then Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who supported the idea of a National Veterans
Day. The first national celebration was in 1947 in Alabama. Congress
changed the name of the holiday to “Veterans” day in 1954.

                      
                                   Official Veterans Day 2013 Poster