Every year on November 11, people in the United States celebrate Veterans Day. The holiday honors veterans, or people who served in the U.S. military. The day especially honors those veterans who died while fighting in a war. To celebrate Veterans Day, some cities and towns have parades. Veterans from the area may march in the parades. Sometimes people visit cemeteries on Veterans Day. People may put flowers or flags on the graves of veterans to honor them.
Before it got the name of Veterans Day, November 11 was called Armistice Day. November 11, 1918, was the day of the armistice (agreement to stop fighting) that endedWorldWar I.
The United States celebrated the first Armistice Day in 1919. Armistice Day became an official holiday in 1938. U.S. forces later fought inWorldWar II (1939–45) and the KoreanWar (1950–53). In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day to honor veterans of all wars.
People in Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom also honor veterans on a day in November. Canada and the United Kingdom call the holiday Remembrance Day. On November 11, people across Europe remember the end of World War I.
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