Veterans Day
Veterans Day is an
official United States holiday that honors people
who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, also known as veterans. It is afederal holiday that is observed
on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world
and also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I (major hostilities of World
War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of
1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect). The United
States also originally observed Armistice Day; it then evolved into the current
Veterans Day holiday in 1954
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