James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)

Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4,
1881 until his assassination later that year. He had served nine terms in the
House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his
candidacy for the White House, though he declined the senator ship once
he was president-elect. He is the only sitting House member to be elected
president.

The James Garfield Monument – Lake View Cemetery, Ohio.

Camille Bohannon

Martin Charles Scorsese is 73 today.

scorsese was named to Time magazine’s 2007 list of
the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Construction of the Jefferson Memorial (above) began in 1938.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering a speech at The Jefferson Memorial cornerstone laying.

President Roosevelt (center) and other dignitaries observe the laying
of block number 208 at The Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Camille Bohannon

United States President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed November
11, 1919 as “Armistice Day” near the end of World War l.

An act of congress in 1938 struck out the word "Armistice" and in its 
place the word "Veterans” was inserted. With the approval of this
legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor
American veterans of all wars.