Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Ko Tags: Veterans Day View |
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Veterans Day is an annual United States (United States) holiday honoring military veterans. A federal holiday, it is observed on November 11. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended 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 with the German signing of the Armistice (Armistice with Germany (Compi�gne)).)
The holiday is commonly printed as Veterans Day or Veterans Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (attributive noun) (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.
Holiday Name: Veterans Day
Type: national
Official Name: Veterans Day
Observedby: United States
Observances: Parades, ceremonies honoring local veterans
Longtype: Federalsignificance=Honors the 24.9 million military veterans in the United States
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