Today marks the final observance of Veterans Day on the fourth Monday in October. But it is only a token commemoration. Amost from the time Congress enacted a new alignment of holidays in 1968, veterans protested the switch from the storied “llth hour of the llth day of the 11th month.” Indeed, Nov. 11, date of the World War I armistice, – commemorated many years before Congress changed the name of the annual observance to Veterans Day – has continued to be marked by veterans of this state through the years. Utah and Hawaii are the only states which actually have not moved through their legislatures to re-establish the commemoration on Nov. 11, according to a UPI dispatch. Pressure from veterans organization brought the action across the country. While Utah’s veterans weren’t able to bring about the switch, they generally have been passive on the “fourth Monday of October.” Meantime, national legislation returning the date to Nov. 11 effective next year was approved by Congress in 1976 and signed by President Gerald Ford. Today, the flags are out, in keeping with the last national observance of Veterans Day in October. But Nov. 11 will be the big day again this year insofar as veterans programs are concerned. Robert A. Ogle, chaimnan of the Provo Veterans Coimcil, reports that this will be the case here, as it has been in other years. Veterans Day – on whatever date observed – is a time to honor the men and women who have served their country in wartime – deserved recognition for their role in the cause of preserving the principles of freedom, justice, and democracy which America has cherished through the years.