Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 11—the day the armistice ending World War I was signed—every year, regardless of what day it falls on. Veterans Day 2024: You can visit any of America’s ...

The first Armistice Day. The holiday’s beginnings can be traced to the late days of 1918, when a weary world began to look toward the end of what was commonly called the “Great War.” ...

That change from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954 signaled a conversion of the American government and its purposes. While the US was an empire before the Second World War, the victory in ...

As Germany faced collapse in 1918, the armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month brought an end to the Great War. Discover the stories behind this pivotal moment in ...

This Armistice Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, the Syracuse Chapter of Veterans for Peace (VFP) and the Beyond War and Militarism Committee (BW&M), a joint committee of the Syracuse Peace Council ...

The holiday Americans know today as Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, which was intended to mark the anniversary of the agreement. "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be ...

The Rock of the Marne Monument in Billing Park faces the exact time of the 100 year anniversary of Armistice Day, on the AXA Towers clock in downtown Syracuse, at 11 a.m. Nov. 11, 2018.

WORCESTER - Seventy years ago this Thursday, North Korea and the United States, leading a U.N. force, signed the armistice bringing an end to three brutal years of fighting in the Korean War, ...

Spokane’s Armistice Day celebration was described as “dignified,” “quiet” and “touching.” This was a change from the celebration two years earlier, which had been described as ...