Veterans Day trivia

About how many war veterans are there in the United States?

• 17 million

• 27 million

• 22 million

• 32 million

Veterans Day was originally known as:

• Armistice Day

• Remembrance Day

• Flag Day

• Soldiers Day

Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11 because:

• November 11 is when the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI, was signed.

• President 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.

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Who first proposed that Armistice Day be renamed Veterans Day?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower, the US President at the time

• Douglas MacArthur, a US Army general

• Alvin J. King, a shoe salesman

• Harry S. Truman, the previous US President

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Veterans Day officially acquired its current name in what year?

• 1954

• 1956

• 1958

• 1960

What flower is a symbol of Veterans Day?

• Forget-me-not

• Poppy

• Lily

• Rose

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

• Smedley Darlington Butler

• Abraham Lincoln

• Woodrow Wilson

• Walt Whitman

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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 percentage of all veterans voted in the 2008 presidential election?

• 41%

• 51%

• 61%

• 71%

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

• 31

• 22

• 26

• 34