Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day, November 11, one of the few holidays that has not been moved to a convenient Monday.
Each year on November 11 at 11 a.m. a wreath is laid at the tomb of the unknowns at Arlington Cemetery. The ceremony is to honor all those who served in the United States Armed Forces.
Veterans day began following World War I, the Great War. Seven months before the Treaty of Versailles was signed officially ending a war there was a cease fire armistice between Allied Nations and Germany.
The date of the armistice was November 11, 1918, signed at 11 a.m. This was considered the end of the war to end all wars.
The Versailles Treaty was made official June 29, 1919.