Veterans Day Quiz (AARP)

How many war veterans are there in the United States

• 17 million

• 22 million

• 27 million

• 32 million

Veterans Day was originally known as...

• Armistice Day

• Flag Day

• Remembrance Day

• Soldiers Day

Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11th because...

• that's when the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI was, was signed.

• Pres. Woodrow Wilson picked that day from a list of recommendations submitted by the heads of major veterans service organizations.

• Congress wanted the holiday to fall between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.

• None of the above.

Who first proposed that Armistice Day be renamed Veterans Day?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Alvin J. King

• Douglas MacArthur

• Harry S. Truman

Veterans Day officially acquired its current name in

• 1960

• 1956

• 1954

• 1958

What flower is a symbol of Veterans Day?

• Forget-Me-Not

• Lily

• Poppy

• Rose

The motto of the Department of Veterans Affairs is "To care for him who shall have borne the battle." Who originally wrote these words.

• Smedley Darlington Butler

• Abraham Lincoln

• Walt Whitman

• Woodrwow Wilson

What patriotic song debuted in its current form on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938?

• "America, The Beautiful:

• "God Bless America"

• "Spirit of the U.S.A."

• "The Yankee Doodle Boy"

What percent of veterans voted in the 2008 presidential election?

• 41%

• 51%

• 61%

• 71%

How many of the 45 U.S. presidents have been veterans?

• 25

• 28

• 31

• 34