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Veteran’s Day Veterans Day is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. A federal holiday, it is observed on November 11. The U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday To Americans, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the countrys service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations. ??The U.S. federal, state and city offices as well as public schools are closed on Monday in observance of Veterans Day, an official national holiday in the United States, every year they hold ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington November 11,and for U.S. veterans, there are more reasons to worry rather than celebrate. Because it is a federal holiday, many Americans have the day off from school or work for Veterans Day. Non-essential federal government offices are closed. No mail is delivered. All federal employees are paid for the holiday; those who are required to work on the holiday sometimes receive wages for that day in addition to holiday pay. The holiday is often celebrated by having a ravioli meal. The end Thank you * * 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. We could see all the soldiers should be respect. *