(All photos courtesy: National World War I Museum) Long before it was ever called Veterans Day, the annual holiday in honor of America's armed forces was known as Armistice Day. Taking effect on the "11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month" of 1918, the event signaled an official end to hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. Today you can learn that story -- and that of the entire global conflict whose effects are still being felt in parts of the world -- at America's only Nation...
Find Veterans Day's Roots at Kansas City's National WWI Museum
The Huffington Post - 11 Nov 2014 22:40
(All photos courtesy: National World War I Museum) Long before it was ever called Veterans Day, the annual holiday in honor of America's armed forces was known as Armistice Day. Taking effect on the "11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month" of 1918, the event signaled an official end to hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. Today you can learn that story -- and that of the entire global conflict whose effects are still being felt in parts of the world -- at America's only Nation...
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