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Bookmark or Share- Veterans Day 2024: Founding, Fact & Meaning | HISTORYVeterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars, and Veterans Day 2024 will occur on Monday, November 11. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the...
- The History of Veterans Day - The New York TimesThe Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the war, had been signed earlier that year, on June 28, 1919. In 1953, Alvin J. King of Emporia, Kan., proposed changing the name of the holiday to...
- History of Veterans Day - U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsThe 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.
- Veterans Day 2023 | Military.comVeterans Day is a federal holiday, a bank holiday and, in most states, a state holiday. That means that federal employees, including military members, are typically given the day off and, in...
- Veterans Day Facts - Data, Populations & Background | HISTORYVeterans Day occurs on November 11 every year in the United States in honor of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 that signaled the end of World War I, known...
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