Veterans Day Research Paper

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The beginning of the story of Veterans Day started on November 11, 1918. The

Great War (World War I) had just come to an end when allied powers signed a cease-fire

agreement other wise known as an armistice. To commemorate the end of the "war to end

all wars November 11 became know as Armistice Day.

During the Great War over 100 thousand people lost their lives.In 1921, the American

Unknown Soldier, found in a battleground in Germany, arrived in Washington, D.C. and

was taken to the U.S. Capitol. Thousands of people passed by to pay tribute. Flags were

flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset and all Americans paid silent tribute at 11 a.m.

The casket was lowered into the tomb at that time on November 11, 1921, with the

inscription,
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But not until 1938 did

Congress pass a bill that each November 11 would be "dedicated to the cause of world

peace" and celebrated and known as Armistice Day. ON May 13th, 1938 President

Franklen Roosevelt approved Arministice Day in Public Law-510

The American Legion usually took charge of the observances in various cities, where

parades and religious services were held. At 11 a.m., in tribute to the dead, all traffic was

stopped, volleys were fired and taps were sounded.

But "the war to end all wars," as World War I was known,

In 1921, an unknown American soldier of WWI was laid to rest in the Arlington

National Cemetery of Virginia. Many people came to the burial and military ceremony

that was performed for the unknown soldiers to honor him and all the other soldiers that

sacrificed their lives during the war. The tomb the soldier was buried in appropriately

became know as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

America is not the only country who has a "Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers . Many other

countries have memorials to remember their brave soldiers. France calls their tomb of