RMO World – Issue 25: November 2023 Thanksgiving Edition

During this time of giving thanks, we would like to take the this time to thank all of our contractors and RMOs. We love what we do and we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you. We love knowing that what we do helps build careers and livelihoods and we do not take that lightly. 

We would also like to reflect on the fact that not only are we helping build careers, but the people we help, pay it forward. From the RMO sharing their knowledge with the new generation of tradesmen to the licensed contractor building homes and workplaces for our communities, we know what we do with you ripples out and makes a positive difference in this world.

Again, we love what we do, we love to see knowledge passed down, companies succeed, communities built, but all this starts with you and we would like to thank you. It’s one of those things, where maybe it’s not said often enough, but it’s always in our minds and reflected in our work.

So again, from everyone on our team, thank you.

Construction professionals build the world around us and we would like to show appreciation and give thanks to all the tradesmen out there. They create everything from our homes and office buildings to shopping malls and roadways, they construct and maintain our access to running water and electricity, and renovate our homes and sometimes it’s easy to take it all for granted.

Even though their amazing, skilled work surrounds us every single day, too often we barely even notice it is there. While we interact with the fruits of construction every day, we rarely take the time to consider the skills and knowledge that went into it.

These skilled craft professionals work behind the scenes, quietly and generally without credit, they are constructing our world. Too often they are overlooked and underappreciated. It’s time to take a moment, appreciate, and give thanks for what they do for everyone. Without the tradesmen of the construction field, where would our community be?

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to November 11 not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

Source: US Department of Veterans Affairs