On the first Armistice Day, November 11, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to his countrymen in which he expressed his feelings about what the day meant to Americans: Our adversaries laid down their arms a year ago today in accordance with an armistice, rendering them powerless to renew hostilities and giving the world…
An unknown American soldier from World War I was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in 1921. This location, on a hill overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became a place of pilgrimage for America’s veterans. Earlier, in England and France, an unknown soldier was buried in each country’s highest place of…
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, is a federal holiday observed each year on November 11 in the United States to honor military veterans of the US Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). It falls on the same day as other celebrations of the anniversary of the end of World…
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday observed annually on November 11 in the United States to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). It coincides with other holidays, such as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are observed in other…
A formal agreement to end hostilities is known as an armistice. After Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies earlier in the day, fighting in WWI officially ceased on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change the name of…
Veterans Day allows Americans to honour the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, most Americans confuse this holiday with Memorial Day. Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was established as a legal holiday in the United States to commemorate the end of World War I on…