Fast Facts: Veterans Day
AZUZ: Time for some Fast Facts! Veterans Day was originally called
"Armistice Day" to mark the end of World War I. It's celebrated on
November 11 because the Armistice, or truce, was signed on the
"eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918.
Twenty years later, it became a federal holiday honoring World War
I veterans. But President Eisenhower expanded it in 1954 to honor
all Americans who'd served in the U.S. military. And the holiday's
name became Veterans Day. While Memorial Day is a day of
remembrance for Americans who've died serving the nation, Veterans
Day is a time to thank all veterans for their service, whether it
was during war or peacetime. The Department of Veterans Affairs
estimates that 25 million veterans are alive today
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/09/transcript.fri/index.html
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