| The celebration of Veterans Day is held
on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set
{{U}}(36) {{/U}} to honor and remember the {{U}}(37) {{/U}} men
and women who have {{U}}(38) {{/U}} their country, in any war and
{{U}}(39) {{/U}} peacetime. Veterans Day was first {{U}}(40)
{{/U}} Armistice Day. That day {{U}}(41) {{/U}} the end of World War
I. Thirty-five countries {{U}}(42) {{/U}} in that war. An armistice was
{{U}}(43) {{/U}} on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month, and this {{U}}(44) {{/U}} the war was over. Many
countries were {{U}}(45) {{/U}} to hear that the war was over and that
their soldiers would be coming home. An {{U}}(46) {{/U}} American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery {{U}}(47) {{/U}} a hillside overlooking the Potomac River at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1921. His {{U}}(48) {{/U}} is called the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier". The {{U}}(49) {{/U}} of the tomb is where the U.S. government {{U}}(50) {{/U}} its annual Veterans Day {{U}}(51) {{/U}}. On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from England were {{U}}(52) {{/U}} also buried in their {{U}}(53) {{/U}} countries, to give special {{U}}(54) {{/U}} to the end of the war. In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the day {{U}}(55) {{/U}} Armistice Day to Veterans Day. |