1. Update table of contents
2. Copy new objectives
3. Think about any Veterans you know.
Objectives
Explain why we celebrate Veterans Day.
List 3 reasons you should thank a veteran
this Veteran’s Day.
Vietnam Veterans Day Parade
New York City 1985
Decorated War Veteran
Korean War Vets
Why do we celebrate Veterans day?
World War 1
World War 2
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
History of Veterans Day
1. November 11is Veterans Day.
2. A Veteran is a soldier who has served
his/her country
3. Thirty-five countries fought in
World War 1 They fought for
five years, from 1914 to 1918.
The United States fought in the
war from 1917 to 1918.
4.Finally the countries stopped fighting.
The leaders signed an Armistice.
They signed the armistice on the
eleventh hour of the eleventh day of
the eleventh month. The armistice
meant that the war was over.
Armistice Day celebration
Nov. 11 1918
Armistice Day celebration
Nov. 11 1918
6. President Wilson made November
11 a holiday to remember the end of
the war. The holiday was called
Armistice Day
8. The body of an unknown soldier was
brought to America from the cemetery in
France. His body was buried in a tomb at
Arlington National Cemetery . It was
called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
10. The bodies of three more unknown
soldiers were brought to the cemetery. On
Veterans Day, there are special services at
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Tomb of the unknown soldier
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
300,000 people are
buried at Arlington
Cemetery.
Vietnam Memorial
58,195
Number of deaths in
Vietnam.
Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Memorial
http://thewall-usa.com/
If you could write a letter to one of the lost
soldiers, what would you say?
List 5 things you would write.