Jennifer Fox, aged 13, of Bowling Green, Ohio, for her question:

WHEN WAS VETERANS DAY ESTABLISHED?

Veterans Day is a holiday observed annually in the United States in honor of ail those who served with the U.S. Armed Forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed in 1919 to commemorate the termination of World War I (at 1:21 a.m.) on November 11, 1918. On the first anniversary of the truce, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation eulogizing fallen Allied soldiers and referring to November 11 as Armistice Day.

Today some states observe the Veterans Day holiday on November 11 and others on the fourth Monday of October.

This day, honoring all the members of the armed forces, is observed as a holiday in the U.S., France, Great Britain and Canada.

The holiday acquired its present name and broadened significance in the U.S. in 1954.

In Canada, the holiday is known as Remembrance Day and in Great Britain it is known as Remembrance Sunday.