Images: Veterans Day across the globe
Posted November 11, 2015 12:00 am
Ninety-seven years ago, an armistice ended World War I, which was then the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Armistice Day became Veterans Day in the 1950s and now commemorates the spirit of all U.S. military members. Here's a look at how the day is being observed across the globe.
The morning sun shines over tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. President Barack Obama is honoring current and former members of the military as well as their families on Veterans Day today. This morning he's hosting a breakfast to honor veterans and their loved ones. And later on, the president will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
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President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. during Veterans Day ceremonies.
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President Barack Obama speaks during the annual National Veterans Day commemoration, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Army Lt. Col. Luta C. McGrath, 107, the oldest known female World War II veteran, right, is greeted as she is recognized by President Barack Obama during Veterans Day ceremonies, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. during Veterans Day ceremonies.
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Army veteran Howard Morang, 74, of South China, Maine, attends a Veterans Day ceremony at the Maine Veterans' Home, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Augusta, Maine. Morang's service cap sports a variety of pins commemorating his service. The former post commander was stationed in Germany in the early 1960s. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Donald Hatch holds an umbrella for his mother, Betty, as they head through the flags of the Kiwanis Park of Honor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for a Veterans Day service in Park Square in Pittsfield, Mass., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.
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Honor guards carry the colors as they are retired at the conclusion of the annual National Veterans Day commemoration, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., attended by President Barack Obama.
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Bob Fulmer covers his hart during a prayer at the Korean War Memorial on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Philadelphia.
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Lilian Wilson adjusts a tie for her husband of 70 years, Dr. Herbert Wilson, at a Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck, N.D. Herbert Wilson, 94, served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a gunner and bombardier on B-24 Liberators. Lilian Wilson, 93, served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, which was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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Operation Desert Storm veteran Tyrone Franklin pays his respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with is grandson Sean Miller, 2, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Vietnam veteran Charles Palmer pays his respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Philadelphia.
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Vietnam veteran Jose Angle Rivera pays his respects at the Korean War Memorial on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Philadelphia.
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Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Reynolds of Houston, Texas visits the grave of Army Cpl. William Amundson Jr. who died in 2004, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Fresh footsteps in the morning dew from a mother visiting her son's grave are seen in the grass as tombstones stand in the background on Veterans Day at Georgia National Cemetery, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Canton, Ga.
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Army reservist Maj Stephen Hedger of Washington, and his son Lincoln, 1, visit the grave of family friend Army Lt. Col. Dominic Rocco Baragon, who was killed in Iraq in 2003, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Veterans Day.
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Jiffy Helton Sarver, of Monroe, Ga., visits the grave of her son, 1st Lt. Joseph Helton, Jr., who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2009, at Georgia National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Canton, Ga. "His smile and his soft brown eyes," said Sarver of what she remembered most about her son. "He always tried to do better today than he did yesterday and helping someone else do the same."
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Jiffy Helton Sarver, of Monroe, Ga., places flowers at the grave of her son, 1st Lt. Joseph Helton, Jr., who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2009, at Georgia National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Canton, Ga. "This was his favorite time of day," said Sarver. "He loved sunrises."
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U.S. veteran William Scafe, 60, carries flowers to place in front of the 8th Army War Memorial during the Veterans Day Ceremony at Yongsan Main Post in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.
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U.S. veteran Michael S. Napsey, center, places a U.S. national flag in front of the 8th Army War Memorial during the Veterans Day Ceremony at Yongsan Main Post in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.
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A member of the Girl Scouts Overseas Korea, left, salutes with U.S. and South Korean soldiers during the Veterans Day Ceremony in front of the 8th Army War Memorial at Yongsan Main Post in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.
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Edwin "Gene" McDonald, 91, proudly wears France's highest award, the Legion of Honor, on his lapel on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. Last month the French Consulate in San Francisco presented McDonald and three other World War II veterans with the medals. McDonald flew 67 missions in France, Belgium and Germany as the pilot of a P-47 fighter plane.
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Edwin "Gene" McDonald, 91, holds his Legion of Honor medal, France's highest award, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. Last month the French Consulate in San Francisco presented McDonald and three other World War II veterans with the medal. McDonald flew 67 missions in France, Belgium and Germany as the pilot of a P-47 fighter plane.
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Dyess Air Force Base airmen place flags in front of headstones at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene in honor of Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, near Abilene, Texas. (Nellie Doneva/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Larry Roberts, 60, a veteran from South Shields in England, who served with the Royal Green Jackets, stands for a moment looking at the sculpture entitled Eleven 'O' One in Seaham, County Durham, England, ahead of playing the bugle during a ceremony to mark Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015. The statue of the WWI soldier, built out of special corteen steel, nicknamed 'Tommy' by locals was installed to mark the centenary of the start of the Great War.
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The staircases and walkways are crowded to observe two minutes silence at Lloyd's of London to mark Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015. The UK's insurance market is centered at the Lloyd's building in London designed by architect Richard Rogers.
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A youngster's hand touches poppies thrown into a fountain after a two minute silence to mark Armistice Day, in Trafalgar Square, London, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day on Wednesday to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers killed during World War I.
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Chelsea Pensioner John Hellewell, center, stands beside pupils from Eltham Hill School as they listen to the Last Post being played immediately before the start of a two minute silence to mark Armistice Day, in Trafalgar Square, London, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day on Wednesday to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers killed during World War I.
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Ladies from the Ruislip Red Hatters stand arranged beside a fountain as they pose for photographers after observing a two minute silence to mark Armistice Day, in Trafalgar Square, London, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day on Wednesday to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers killed during World War I.
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School pupils pose with poppies held to their mouths for photographs for someone they were with as they wait to observe a two minute silence to mark Armistice Day, in Trafalgar Square, London, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day on Wednesday to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers killed during World War I.
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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