The King, Queen and prime minister join veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

5. Since 1954, the Veterans Day National Committee has overseen executive planning for the annual holiday. Members meet in Washington, D.C., three times a year to prepare for Veterans Day. 6.

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In 1868, a veteran of the Union Army, Gen. John A. Logan, decided to formalize a growing tradition of towns decorating veterans’ graves with flowers by organizing a nationwide day of remembrance ...

World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of ...

York's last surviving D-Day veteran has marked the 80th anniversary of VJ Day by visiting a restored railway locomotive named ...

Veterans Day honors active and former U.S. service members. Usually, the federal holiday is celebrated on Nov. 11. However, since that day falls on a Saturday this year, some will observe the ...

Veterans Day honors active and former U.S. service members. Usually, the federal holiday is celebrated on Nov. 11. However, since that day falls on a Saturday this year, some will observe the ...

Veterans Day honors active and former U.S. service members. Usually, the federal holiday is celebrated on Nov. 11. However, since that day falls on a Saturday this year, some will observe the ...