Veterans Day originally began as Armistice Day on November 11, 1919, marking the first anniversary of the end of World War I. The date itself holds significance, as the armistice – or truce – ending the war took effect on “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in 1918. In 1954, after World War II and the Korean War, Congress changed the name from Armistice Day t... https://trendingnewzusa.com/veterans-day-2024/