Veterans Day trivia

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

• 17 million

• 27 million

• 22 million

• 32 million

What day is Veterans Day:

• November 7

• November 11

• July 4

• October 31

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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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How many staff members at Smart's Mill are Veterans?

• 10

• 0

• 3

• 22

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Veterans Day officially acquired its current name in what year?

• 1954

• 1956

• 1958

• 1960

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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/Veterans Day broadcast in 1938?

• "America the Beautiful"

• "God Bless America"

• "Spirit of the U.S.A"

• "The Yankee Doodle Boy"

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

• 31

• 22

• 26

• 34

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