CGHS Library

Time to hit the hardwood!

Good luck to our JH and HS Braves and Lady Braves as they hit the hardwood for basketball season! The library is a great place to find both fiction and nonfiction books about your favorite sports and sport stars. Come check out a great book today!

November 11th - Veterans Day

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. -Patrick Henry

The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in
1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, organized "National Veterans Day,"
which included a parade and other festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held
on November 11, then designated Armistice Day. Later, U.S. Representative Edward
Rees of Kansas proposed a bill that would change Armistice Day to Veterans Day. In
1954, Congress passed the bill that President Eisenhower signed proclaiming
November 11 as Veterans Day. Raymond Weeks received the Presidential Citizens
Medal from President Reagan in November 1982. Weeks' local parade and ceremonies
are now an annual event celebrated nationwide.