How is Veterans Day different from Memorial Day?

Veterans Day honors all who served, while Memorial Day honors those who died in service

Veterans Day is only for the Navy

Veterans Day Quiz: Armistice, Poppies and Remembrance

This Veterans Day quiz explains the November 11 holiday, from the World War I armistice and the first Armistice Day to Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1954 law, Raymond Weeks, Arlington National Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, In Flanders Fields and remembrance poppies. Ten questions.

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History
Veterans Day falls on November 11 because of the end of fighting in which war?
Name
What was the holiday called before it became Veterans Day?
Presidents
Which president signed the 1954 law renaming the holiday Veterans Day?
Difference
How is Veterans Day different from Memorial Day?
Memorials
Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the United States?
Founder
Raymond Weeks, often called the father of Veterans Day, organized an early celebration in which city?
Symbols
Which flower is worn in many countries to remember those who died in war?
Poems
Which World War I poem, by Canadian doctor John McCrae, made the poppy a symbol of remembrance?
Dates
In the 1970s, Veterans Day was briefly moved to which month before returning to November 11?
Spelling
How is the holiday officially written?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Veterans Day falls on November 11 because of the end of fighting in which war?
Answer: World War I
The armistice between the Allies and Germany took effect at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Q2: What was the holiday called before it became Veterans Day?
Answer: Armistice Day
Armistice Day honored World War I veterans. After World War II and the Korean War, it was expanded to honor all U.S. veterans.
Q3: Which president signed the 1954 law renaming the holiday Veterans Day?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower, a former five-star general who led Allied forces in Europe during World War II, signed the change in June 1954.
Q4: How is Veterans Day different from Memorial Day?
Answer: Veterans Day honors all who served, while Memorial Day honors those who died in service
Memorial Day, in late May, remembers those who died in military service. Veterans Day thanks all living and past veterans.
Q5: Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the United States?
Answer: Arlington National Cemetery
The first unknown soldier was buried there on November 11, 1921. Soldiers guard the tomb 24 hours a day, every day.
Q6: Raymond Weeks, often called the father of Veterans Day, organized an early celebration in which city?
Answer: Birmingham, Alabama
Weeks held a National Veterans Day celebration in Birmingham in 1947. President Ronald Reagan honored him in 1982.
Q7: Which flower is worn in many countries to remember those who died in war?
Answer: The poppy
Poppies grew on the battlefields of Belgium and France. Many countries, including Britain and Canada, call November 11 Remembrance Day.
Q8: Which World War I poem, by Canadian doctor John McCrae, made the poppy a symbol of remembrance?
Answer: In Flanders Fields
McCrae wrote the poem in 1915 after the death of a friend. It begins with poppies blowing between the crosses.
Q9: In the 1970s, Veterans Day was briefly moved to which month before returning to November 11?
Answer: October
A 1968 law moved it to the fourth Monday of October from 1971. Many states objected, and it returned to November 11 in 1978.
Q10: How is the holiday officially written?
Answer: Veterans Day
The official form has no apostrophe, because it is a day for honoring all veterans rather than a day belonging to them.

Veterans Day Quiz – Honoring Those Who Served

Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States held every year on November 11. It honors all people who have served in the U.S. armed forces, in wartime and in peace. Communities mark the day with parades, ceremonies, moments of silence and special events at schools, memorials and cemeteries across the country.

The date comes from the end of World War I. Fighting between the Allies and Germany stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, when an armistice took effect. The following year, the first Armistice Day was observed, and in 1938 it became a legal holiday in the United States, dedicated to world peace and to the veterans of the Great War.

After World War II and the Korean War, veterans' groups asked that the holiday honor everyone who had served. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law renaming it Veterans Day. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran from Birmingham, Alabama, had already organized a celebration for all veterans in 1947 and is often called the father of the holiday.

In many other countries, November 11 is known as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, and people wear red poppies inspired by the poem In Flanders Fields. In the United States, a wreath is laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery each year. Veterans Day is different from Memorial Day, which honors those who died in service.

This quiz covers the history, symbols and traditions of Veterans Day.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is ideal for students, families and anyone who wants to understand the meaning of November 11.

Why Veterans Day is held on November 11
How Armistice Day became Veterans Day
The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day
The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Why poppies are a symbol of remembrance
How to write the holiday's name correctly

Quick Facts About Veterans Day

The United States has roughly 15 million living veterans.
Two minutes of silence are often held at 11 a.m. in Britain on Remembrance Sunday.
The guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier take exactly 21 steps as they march.
Many restaurants and stores offer free meals or discounts to veterans on the day.
Federal offices, banks and schools in many states close for the holiday.
France and Belgium also mark November 11 as a national holiday.