Why does Veterans Day land on Nov. 11 each year? The annual recognition of those who served our nation originally was known as Armistice Day and celebrated the end of World War I. An armistice ending four years of bloody war was signed on Nov.

Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 11—the day the armistice ending World War I was signed—every year, regardless of what day it falls on. Veterans Day falls on a Monday this year, meaning that federal employees will observe the federal holiday that day, and many non-essential government services will be closed.

As is usually the case for federal holidays, the U.S. Postal Service will be taking a break from delivering mail on Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day this year. Post offices across the U.S. will be closed for the holiday and mail delivery will be paused.

Veterans Day is Monday, a federal holiday that has roots to events more than a century ago. The holiday dates back to Nov. 11, 1918, which was the official end of World War I, when an armistice between the Allied nations and Germany started on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,

Veterans Day is a federal holiday that takes place annually on Nov. 11. While not all companies close their doors, you can count on a few places closing for the day, or at least changing their hours.

When did Veterans Day become a holiday? The first iteration of Veterans Day came about Nov. 11, 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson designated it as a day to honor the veterans of