Veterans Day
World War I –
known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of
Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the
town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when
an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations
and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as
the end of “the war to end all wars.”
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 afederal 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. Those solders that
are fighting for our country.
Reflection:
my reflection about veterans day its important,
because those were solders that they went to fight for our country to
have a better life. it make feel bad for all those solders that they died for
our country. We need to be thanks to all veterans that went to fight and we
need to give respect to all those that are fighting bride now .
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