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Veterans Day honors the armed forces as a bastion of the EEUU

MIAMI.- In the United States, on November 11th, we remember the Day of the Dead Veteranoso Veterans Day in English. The aim of this Fecha is to honor the Armed Forces as a bastion of the country’s defense, freedom and democracy.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson declared that this was Armistice Day when the Queen lost her life in the Primera Guerra Mundial. In 1938 this day was declared legal, and in 1954 Veterans Day was celebrated.

Dentro de las actividades officiales reservadas para este day figuran homenajes, defiles and ceremonies. An important aspect is the ceremony at the grave of the Desconocido soldier at Arlington Cemetery near Washington, DC

Millions of Veterans

Según el Centro de Análisis y Estadísticas de Veteranosen Estados Unidos Hay 21.5 million war veterans. This group consists of 2 million women.

It has been calculated that 5.18 million veterans receive disability compensation. On the involvement of stationed soldiers in international conflicts, Biden said: “Today the day is over, as conspiracy theories have extinguished the light of freedom until the last tropes are in sight.”

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FUENTE: Portal Día Internacional/National Geographic

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