Of all the national holidays our country celebrates - including Independence Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day - Veterans Day is probably the least recognized. November 11 has also been known as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day.

First earmarked in 1919 by our 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, the day was to be set aside as a reflection upon the ending of World War I, one year prior. The date was chosen because the conflict had “formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month with the German signing of the Armistice.”

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