It was, after all, a national holiday, Armistice Day. This was in 1940, and matters were unsettled, worldwide. Officially, the U.S. was on the sidelines of gathering war clouds in Europe.

This is what Armistice Day 1938 looked like in Omaha, Nebraska. (Wikipedia) As we all know, the "War to End All Wars" didn't actually end all wars -- or any wars.

How Armistice Day Became Veterans Day in the United States The holiday, which originally marked the end of World War I, was broadened in the 1950s to honor all veterans. People celebrate Armistice ...

That change from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954 signaled a conversion of the American government and its purposes. While the US was an empire before the Second World War, the victory in ...

A s Americans mark Veterans Day on Friday, some citizens may remember when that day was called something totally different: Armistice Day.. Within a few years of the end of World War I, TIME has ...

North Korea on Thursday lauded Korean War veterans and their battlefield achievements ahead of the country's 72nd anniversary ...

The holiday Americans know today as Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, which was intended to mark the anniversary of the agreement. "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be ...

This Armistice Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, the Syracuse Chapter of Veterans for Peace (VFP) and the Beyond War and Militarism Committee (BW&M), a joint committee of the Syracuse Peace Council ...

Veterans Day, which was once known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I. In 1938, Armistice Day was established to remember the armistice ...

The first Armistice Day. The holiday’s beginnings can be traced to the late days of 1918, when a weary world began to look toward the end of what was commonly called the “Great War.” ...

Veterans Day began in 1919 as Armistice Day, marking the date when Germany and the allies signed a 1918 agreement to cease World War I hostilities. Earlier in 1919, ...

This Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2020, marks not only the 66th anniversary of the holiday, but the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day as well. Every Nov. 11, we remember those men and women who have ...