US Veterans Day is November 11, 2008
Veterans Day is an
American holiday honoring military
veterans. Both a
federal holiday and a
state holiday in all states, it's always celebrated on November 11th each year. However, if it occurs on a Sunday then the following Monday is designated for holiday leave, and if it occurs Saturday then either Saturday or Friday may be so designated.
[1] It is also celebrated as
Armistice Day or
Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on
November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the
Armistice that ended
World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of
the Armistice.) The holiday is commonly printed as
Veteran's Day or
Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the
attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the
possessive case is the official spelling. Read More From
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For Veterans' Day in the United Kingdom, see
Veterans' Day UK.