Thursday, November 11, 2010

Veterans Day 2010

Today is Veterans Day, a holiday that honors United States military veterans. The national holiday was originally called Armistice Day to recognized the end hostilities in World War I that was effective at 11 a.m. on November 11th, 1918.

An act of congress in April 1954 changed the name of this holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day that year, and it recognizes all veterans now.