Veteran Day 2021: Holiday in the US, Veteran Day Quotes

Veteran Day is one of the unique holiday days observed in the United States honoring the militants who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The day often falls in the middle of the week and this year it falls on the 2nd Thursday of November. The origin of the veteran day comes from the end of the First World War and in 1919 the day was first recognized as Armistice Day by President Woodrow Wilson. In the year 1938, Congress made a law for marking 11 November as a legal holiday.

On the day banks to post offices and many other government offices remain close across the country to pay tribute to veterans and also the on-duty military personnel.

HOLIDAYS ON VETERAN DAY

• Bank branches of Bank of America, the Federal Reserve Bank, UMB, and Wells Fargo.

• Post offices nationwide do not deliver mail as Veterans Day is a recognized holiday for USPS.

• Federal courts and non-essential government offices remain closed for Veterans Day

• Educational institutions remain closed

VETERAN DAY QUOTES:

• G.K. Chesterton "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."

• Dan Lipinski, "On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free."

• Douglas MacArthur, "Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."

• Ronald Reagan, "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."

• John F Kennedy, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

• Caludia Pemberton, "America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels."

• Link Lampson, "There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country."

• Bob Riley "I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism."

• Embler Davis "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

• Minot J Savage, "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men."

• Lee Greenwood, "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me."

• Wallace Bruce "Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours."

• Herbert Hoover "Here men endured that a nation might live."

• Michel N castle, "Fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor."

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