Veteran's Day

Veterans of the United States Military are recognized in ceremonies across the country on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11:11 in the morning in celebration of Veterans Day. The purpose of the day is to honor all those who have served or are currently serving and remember those who gave all.

Veterans Day began as Armistice Day and was first celebrated in 1926 after a congressional resolution. Armistice Day was celebrated on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11:11 a.m., the exact day and time that World War I ended in 1918. Years later, in 1954, a Bill proposed by a Kansas Senator officially changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. In 1968, a law was introduced that changed Veterans Day briefly to the fourth Monday of October. It became quickly apparent that November 11 was such an historic day, that Congress in 1978, returned the day of observance back to November 11.