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By Melissa Sullebarger
staff Writer
Why is Veteran’s Day on November 11th?
This may not be a question you have ever
asked yourself, but the answer is an interesting
one all the same.
At the end of World War I, known then
as The Great War, an armistice was signed
between the Allies and Germany, it put a stop
to the violence on the Western front of the war
and went into effect on “the eleventh hour of
the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of
1918.
For those of you who are interested, the
Allies of WWI were the Triple Entente (United
Kingdom, France, Russian Empire), their
allies (Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro,
Greece, Romania, and the Czechoslovakian
legions), and the United States.
The day was declared a national holiday in
many nations, including the United States by
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“Armistice Day.” It was intended to be a day
to honor the members of the armed forces who
fell during The Great War, World War I.
The name was changed to its current
designation of “Veterans Day” in the United
States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
after World War II in order to honor all
members of the Armed Forces who had taken
part in international wars. The name was
changed to “Remembrance Day” in the British
Commonwealth and remains “Armistice Day”
in France and some other nations. There
have been times that the legislature tryed to
change the date of Veterans Day in order to
better represent all wars, but none have been
successful yet.
year. Veterans Day tails on a year
ending in ’ 11 for the first time, and there will
be people throughout the world taking two
minutes of silence at 11a.m. Friday morning.
This tradition is not one that is generally
followed in the United States, but in those
places that do, it is intended as a sign of respect
for the (approximately) 20 million people
who died in World War I, and far more if you
include every war since that time.
Every year, the Veterans Day National
Committee (a part of the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs) chooses many
regional sites nationwide for observances, this
year, six of those places are inNorth Carolina:
one each in Charlotte, Hubert, Morehead City,
Warsaw, and two sites in Fayetteville.
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