It's the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.  Yes, it's Veterans Day, a federal holiday that was first known as Armistice Day and marked the end of the Great War (WWI) and renamed and expanded in 1954 by the American Congress to honor the service of all veterans.  In Washington State, the largest event is the one held at the giant Sunlink Pavilion at the Kitsap County Fairgounds.  Attendance this year was around 1,500.  Crew 42 has attended every year since the event was founded, and serves as VIP escorts for the many dignitaries, elected officials, senior military officers, and special guests....rubbing elbows with Admirals, County Commissioners and City Mayors, the County Sheriff, Pearl Harbor survivors, etc.  Among this year's guests were American veterans who had been held as Prisoners of War in Germany, the South Pacific, and Vietnam.  The keynote speaker was a six-year prisoner in the infamous Hanoi Hilton....and who was a Scout as a youth.  Our chartering organization, Poulsbo Post 245 of the American Legion, was also at the Pavilion today and was pleased to have Venturers Brody, Nick, Mick, Sam, Jake, and Dante tending to their duties in behalf of the Crew.