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| Veterans Day Poster for 2010 |
The United States celebrates
Veterans Day on November 11, which for 2012 falls on a Sunday. It is a day of
thanksgiving and of honoring all the veterans, dead and living that served in
the wars, in the service of the United States of America.
Veterans Day should not be
confused with Memorial Day, for which some assume are one and the same.
Memorial Day is the day when the country honors those that have given their lives
for the country, and celebrated on the last Monday of the month of May
annually.
But why is Veterans Day
celebrated on November 11? The date is very significant, that is why. It was
the day “The Armistice” that ended the First World War was signed. The
number combination was 11-11-11. It was signed in November, the 11th
month, on the 11th day, at the 11th hour in 1918. The
location of the signing of the armistice was the forest in Compiègne, a city in
France, which is about 60 kilometers or 37 miles from Paris.
