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Name three national holidays that celebrate Veterans (or members of the Military) and write a brief summary of why they are celebrate. Each should not exceed 500 words. Well, the prompt doesn't specify they must be American national holidays, so I've got one from Australia. Anzac Day This is celebrated every year on April 25 in Australia and New Zealand, and according to Wikipedia, it gets its name from the Anzac's (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps), first landing in Gallipoli on that day in World War I. Veterans Day Veterans Day celebrates the end of World War I. An Armistice was signed with Germany on November 11th, and the hostilities ended in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. Therefore, Veterans Day was historically known as Armistice Day until most nations changed it in World War II. Most Commonwealth countries adopted "Remembrance Day" and the US decided on "Veterans Day" Memorial Day Memorial Day honors people who died in the Armed Forces, fighting for the United States. Up until 1970, it was previously celebrated on May 30, but it is now moved to the last Monday of May. The reason for this is Congress's "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" in June 1968, which moved four holidays from their usual date to a Monday so people could have a 3-day weekend. This law went into effect in 1971. Memorial Day is also "considered the unofficial start of summer vacation season". All my sources: The respective Wikipedia page for each holiday |