AARP Veteran's Day Quiz

Veterans Day was originally known as

• Rememberance Day

• Soldiers and Sailors Day

• Armistice Day

• Memorial Day

Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 11 because

• That's when World War I ended

• 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.

• None of the above

Who first proposed that Armistice Day be renamed Veterans Day?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Harry S. Truman

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Veterans Day officially acquired its current name in

• 1954

• 1956

• 1958

• 1960

What flower is a symbol of Veterans Day?

• Forget-me-not

• Lily of the Valley

• Ivy

• Poppy

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

• Walt Whitman

• Abraham Lincoln

• Woodrow Wilson

• John F Kennedy

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

• America the Beautiful

• God Bless America

• Spirit of the USA

• Yankee Doodle Boy

What percentage of US veterans currently live in the state of California

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

How many of the past 45 U.S. presidents have served in the military?

• 19

• 25

• 29

• 33

How many war veterans are there in the United States?

• 19 million

• 22 million

• 27 million

• 32 million