Veterans Day originated as "Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.
"It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it."
- General
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true”
