We celebrate Veterans Day on or about November 11, because World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. If it had ended on the 10th day, a young man from south Louisiana would not have died far from home.
Jasper Joseph Neyland, for whom the American Legion post in Washington is named, was one of the last American soldiers killed in that “war to end all wars.” He…