The holiday started when a man named Raymond Weeks helped organize it in Birmingham, Alabama in order to honor veterans from “their loyal service” to the military. In 1954 President Eisenhower made Veterans Day a national celebration. Now every November 11th on the 11th hour of the 11th day the President of the United States places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC (not in Arlington, WA). This wreath is meant to honor all Americans who have fought and died to serve our country.

Students in Washington State never attend school on November 11th. It is always a day of no school. Since this year the holiday is on a Sunday, we will have Monday off from school. Most schools will do an assembly to talk about veterans and how they serve and defend our country. Most kids look forward to the holiday because it gives them an extra day off from school.

Do you have any holidays in Serbia similar to our Veteran’s Day? Thank you for sending the information on your country. We are working on creating a PowerPoint about Washington State. We will try to email it once it is completed.