https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw Made with a quick smile en-us 2018-11-14 01:42:24 UTC 2025-11-18 09:19:32 UTC hello@padlet.com thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304099621 World War I officially ended  on June 28, 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.  ]]> 2018-11-14 01:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304099621 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304103202 November 11th became officially known as Armistice Day. ]]> 2018-11-14 02:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304103202 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304110139 Armistice Day became a holiday in the United States in 1926, then a national holiday 12 years later.]]> 2018-11-14 02:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304110139 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304110333 The actual fighting ended seven months earlier with the armistice, which happened on the eleventh day of the eleventh hour on the eleventh month in 1918. ]]> 2018-11-14 02:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304110333 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304112521 On June 1st, 1954, the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor all veterans.]]> 2018-11-14 02:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304112521 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304113194 World War 1 began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. It began because of an assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. That started the chain of events to begin World War 1. ]]> 2018-11-14 02:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304113194 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304116053 In the end, around 4,000,000 soldiers were mobilized and 116,708 American military personnel were killed. Over 204,000 were wounded and 757 U.S. civilians died due to military action.]]> 2018-11-14 03:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304116053 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304117341 World War II began in 1939 and lasted until 1945. It was a major event between the time Armistice Day was changed into Veterans Day. ]]> 2018-11-14 03:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304117341 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304118230 The Korean War began in 1950 and ended in 1953. It was a major war between the time Armistice Day changed to Veterans Day.]]> 2018-11-14 03:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304118230 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304120479 The Holocaust began in 1933 and lasted until 1945. It was a genocide during World War II. It was a major event that happened between the time Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day. ]]> 2018-11-14 03:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304120479 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304126540 1918 Influenza Pandemic started in January 1918.  It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus.]]> 2018-11-14 04:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304126540 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304127133 1,500,000 people died in the Holocaust, also known as the Armenian Genocide. ]]> 2018-11-14 04:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304127133 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304127874 The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2018-11-14 04:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304127874 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304128798
416,800 American Soldiers died during World War II.]]> 2018-11-14 04:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304128798 thomasb131 https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304129355 In 1968, new legislation changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent, however, that November 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978 Congress returned the observance to its traditional date.]]> 2018-11-14 04:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasb131/zw5sbsi4odjw/wish/304129355