Today is known as Veteran's Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Great Britain and its commonwealth nations, but what are the origins of these November 11 holidays?
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the Allied forces (France, Russia, the British Empire, Italy and the United States) signed an armistice with Germany to officially end World War I. To commemorate this event, November 11 was called Armistice Day.
After World War II, the United States changed Armistice Day's name to Veterans Day, and the named was changed to Remembrance Day in Great Britain and its commonwealth nations.
In many parts of the world, people continue to commemorate the armistice at 11am on November 11 by taking a moment of silence.
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