WorksheetsVeterans Day
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Veterans Day was originally known as
Flag Day
Armistice Day
Remembrance Day
Soldiers Day
How many war veterans are there in the United States?
17 Million
32 Million
27 Million
22 Million
Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 11 because
That's when the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, was signed.
This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I.
Congress wanted the holiday to fall between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
President Woodrow Wilson picked that day from a list of recommendations submitted by the heads of major veterans service organizations.
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
1954
1956
1958
1960
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
Walt Whitman
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
What patriotic song debuted in its current form on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938?
"America, The Beautiful," by Katharine Lee Bates
"Spirit of the U.S.A." by E.T. Paull
"God Bless America," by Irving Berlin
"The Yankee Doodle Boy," by George M. Cohan
What percentage of all veterans voted in the 2008 presidential election?
41 percent
51 percent
61 percent
71 percent
How many of the 45 U.S. presidents have been veterans?
31
25
28
34
What does PTSD stand for?
Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Terror Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Test Severe Disorder
