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 a federal 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.
Veterans Day is not to be
confused with Memorial Day;
Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while
Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while
serving.[1]
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