A little history - and a loot at Armistice Day and World War 1. Veteran's Day can be traced back to a celebration of the end of WW1 - the first major international military engagement the US was involved in. The US still had a string isolationist streak at that time - this would slowly ebb by the time WW2 ended.
- From the VA: History of Veterans Day.
- Wikipedia: Armistice Day.
- Wikipedia: United States in World War I.
