At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the fighting of World War I came to an armistice – or a truce – between the Allied Nations and Germany. Seven months later ...

Unfortunately, World War I ended with an armistice — at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 — and not with an unconditional surrender of the defeated.

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11, 1919, the first “Armistice Day” to honor World War I veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The day was made a federal ...

Remembrance Day – also known as Armistice Day – takes place every year, to remember all people who have died in wars. Ceremonies take place on 11 November, the day that World War One ended ...

This day is now called Victory Day ... Primary school children narrate the story of the armistice agreement that ended World War One. We hear the story of Maud Thompson, aged 11, who describes ...

Armistice Day marks the day the Armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany on November 11, 1918. This was an agreement to end the fighting of World War 1 and triggered peace negotiations.

An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly. Military Times © 2025 ...

The City Council unanimously approved a resolution during its March 11 meeting designating Veterans Day as an official recognized holiday in Cleburne. “I’m shocked that it already wasn’t one,” Mayor ...

Half a million protesters to descend on London as Met braces for ‘serious disorder’ with Armistice ... Day in the UK is observed annually on 11th November to mark the armistice signed between the ...