This history of Veteran’s Day is quite interesting. Although the official treaty to end World War I was signed on June 28, 1919, in Versailles, France; the fighting had ended on November 11, 1918. There was a cessation of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and for this reason, November 11, 1918, is considered the true end of the war.
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as “Armistice Day” beginning with the following speech:
“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who dies in the country’s 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…”
