Veterans Day

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 11 because

• That's when the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War 1, was signed

• President Woodrow Wilson picked that day when important veterans organizations suggested it

• Congress wanted a holiday that would 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

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

Veterans Day officially acquired its current name in:

• 1954

• 1776

• 1863

• 1960

What flower is a symbol of Veterans Day?

• Carnation

• Lily

• Poppy

• Rose

Who originally wrote the Department of Veterans Affairs motto, "To care for him who shall have borne the battle"?

• George Washington

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Walt Whitman

• Abraham Lincoln

What patriotic song first appeared on an Armistice Day radio broadcast in 1938?

• "America, The Beautiful", by Katharine Lee Bates

• "God Bless America", by Irving Berlin

• "Spirit of the U.S.A.", by E.T. Paull

• "The Yankee Doodle Boy", by George M. Cohan

What percentage of all veterans voted in the 2008 presidential election?

• 41%

• 51%

• 61%

• 71%

How many of the United States presidents have been veterans?

• 8

• 19

• 31

• 44