历史上的今天11月11日:1918年一战停战生效、1954年停战日更名退伍军人节
1918年11月11日上午11时,第一次世界大战停战协定生效,协约国与德国之间的战斗停止。第11个月的第11天的第11个小时,由此成为这组日期最广为人知的来历。1919年,总统伍德罗·威尔逊宣布首个停战日;1938年,11月11日成为美国联邦法定假日。
1921年11月11日,美国无名战士遗骸安葬于弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿国家公墓的无名战士之墓。1954年,总统德怀特·艾森豪威尔签署法案,将停战日更名为退伍军人节,把纪念对象扩大到所有曾服役的美国军人;此后该假日一度被改到10月的第四个周一,1978年起恢复11月11日固定日期。
2026年的这一天是周三。全国退伍军人节仪式于11月11日上午11时在阿灵顿国家公墓纪念露天剧场举行,此前10时30分有海岸警卫队乐队与空军歌唱中士的前奏演出及无名战士之墓献花圈仪式;退伍军人事务部与退伍军人节全国委员会今年选定24个州的48处区域场所举办官方认可的纪念活动。
(来源:美国退伍军人事务部)
On This Day, November 11: The 1918 Armistice Took Effect and Armistice Day Became Veterans Day in 1954
At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the armistice ending the fighting between the Allies and Germany in World War I took effect: the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day in 1919, and in 1938 November 11 became a federal holiday.
On November 11, 1921, the American unknown soldier was interred at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the law renaming Armistice Day as Veterans Day, honoring veterans of all wars. The observance was moved to a Monday in the 1970s before returning to November 11 in 1978.
In 2026 the day falls on a Wednesday. The National Veterans Day Ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. on November 11 at Arlington's Memorial Amphitheater, preceded at 10:30 a.m. by the Coast Guard Band and the Air Force Singing Sergeants and a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Day National Committee selected 48 regional sites across 24 states for officially recognized observances this year.
(Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
来源：美国退伍军人事务部
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