Veterans Day In San Francisco: How To Honor Military Personnel

SAN FRANCISCO, CA ? The post office and most banks will be closed in San Francisco on Thursday in observance of Veterans Day, a federal holiday that honors veterans of the U.S. armed forces.

The 101st San Francisco Veterans Day Parade was held last weekend.

At the Presidio campus, you can mark Veterans Day at San Francisco National Cemetery, the World War II Memorial to the Missing, the Korean War Memorial and Fort Point National Historic Site.

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Veterans Day, commemorated annually on Nov. 11, was first celebrated in 1919 to honor those who fought in World War I. It was initially called Armistice Day and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

The holiday?s origin is tied to the armistice, a temporary end of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany signed in France on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

It became Veterans Day in 1954, shortly following the end of the Korean War and less than a decade after World War II, after various veterans service organizations urged Congress to encompass veterans of all wars in their honor.

Restaurants and other businesses will continue to show their appreciation for veterans and active-military members.

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