Veterans Day Coloring Page

Veterans Day (originally known as The Armistice Day) is a Federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, to honor military veterans, i.e., the people who served in the armed forces of the States United. It coincides with other holidays, including the Armistice Day and Memorial Day, which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of the First World War. The main hostilities of the First World War were formally terminated at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the armistice entered into force with Germany. With the insistence of major U.S. veterans ‘ organizations, the Armistice Day was renamed to Veterans Day in 1954.

Veterans Day is distinguished from the commemorative day, a U.S. public holiday in May. Veterans Day celebrates the service of every American military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who died while in military service. There is another military party, military day, a smaller American souvenir that also occurs in May, which honors those currently serving in the United States Army.

Veterans Day spelling

While vacations are commonly printed as Veterans Day or Veterans Day on calendars and announcements (spelling that are grammatically acceptable), the U.S. Department of the Veterans Affairs blog declares that the assignor ( Without apostrophe), rather of the possessive case is the official spelling “because it is not a day that” belongs “to the veterans, it is a day to honor every veterans.