Today (11/11) is celebrated as the Veterans in America. Vice President Joe Biden, in an annual memorial service for veterans at Arlington National Graveyard in the suburbs of Washington said that "every generation" military veteran "is the best the Americans".
According to Biden, Americans owe it to them for the services they protect the freedom of Americans to fight in the battlefield for more than two centuries.
Big concert in Washington among many events planned across America on Veterans Day to commemorate the end of the First World War in 1918. The free concerts are broadcast around the world, being the highlight of the celebration of Veterans Day in the United States this year.
Hundreds of thousands of people came to watch the "Concert for Varlor" the first time, the present superstars such as Bruce Springsteen, Rihana, Carrie Underwood and Eminem.
The concert aims to raise awareness of the problems faced by American soldiers when they return home and leave the military.
A Vietnam War veteran with disabilities say the show was the first time he ever felt honored for their dedication.
History
To honor the men and women who have devoted themselves to the United States Armed Forces. History and Celebration of the Past At 11 am, November 11, 1918, World War I ended. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the Day of the Armed Forces to commemorate the sacrifice of the heroes to achieve world peace during World War. The soldiers who survived the parade with marching through the cities where they came from and the veterans speech.
In 1938, Congress decided to authorize the Armed Forces Day as a national holiday. After World War II, this tradition was continued to keep celebrated every November 11. In 1953, the population of the city of Emporia, Kansas, calling it a day as a Veteran's Day as an expression of gratitude to the veterans in their town.
In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day back, "in honor of (all) veterans on November 11 each year ... a day dedicated to world peace"
In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared the day as a national holiday on every Monday Secondly November.
Modern celebrations At 11 noon the day, most Americans meperingati moment of silence for those who have fought for peace. After the Vietnam War ended, the military parade and ceremony on the wane. The veterans in this period gather in places like Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC to stand and pray in the heart in front of the names of their friends who died in the war. A special ceremony was held in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Tomb of Unknown Soldiers) at Arlington National Ceremony, Virginia. The veterans of military service have organized groups such as the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
On V-Day and Memorial Day, these groups raise funds for their humanitarian actions by selling paper poppies, which are made by disabled veterans. Wild flowers are large and red became a symbol of World War I after a bloody battle in a poppy field called Flanders Field in Belgium.
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