What is Veterans Day?
{{nosources|date=September 2009}} '''Veterans Day''' is the [[United States|American]] [[holiday]] when people who had served in the [[military]] during [[war]]-time are remembered and thanked. It is both a [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] and a [[U.S. state|state]] holiday. The holiday is [[celebration|celebrated]] on the same day as [[Armistice Day]] or [[Remembrance Day]] in other [[country|countries]]. These holidays are all [[November 11]]. This is the day seen as the end of [[World War I]]. The first World War ended on November 11, [[1918]]. The holiday was first created as Armistice Day in 1919 by [[President (United States)|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Thirty states made it a state holiday that year. It was made a holiday for the entire country in 1938. In [[June 1]], [[1954]], the name was changed to Veterans Day. == Other websites == * [http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109185147/http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ |date=2006-11-09 }} United States Department of Veterans Affairs {{US Federal Holidays}} {{U.S. Holidays}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:November observances]]