Veterans Day: No apostrophe in ‘veterans’ and other facts

 December 31, 1969 06:00   washingtonpost.com

Veterans Day started on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Actually, the holiday was first called Armistice Day, declared to mark the end of World War I hostilities at 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918 .Congress gave it that name in 1926, though it didn’t become a national holiday for a dozen more years. Read full article >>

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