Why did America rename Armistice Day Veteran's Day?

[Dinner]

On one hand I understand it as being a more inclusive holiday including Vets from all wars but we kept it on the same day as the WW1 Armistice Day so it's obvious that is the origin of the holiday. My British born Grandparents continued calling it Armistice Day to the day they died but they were both born during WW1 and could put specific names to family members who had died in WW1 even if they didn't know them or were too young to remember them personally. It was stuff like "my uncle died at X", "my older brother was killed at Y", etc...

Any way here is a good BBC video about the Armistice Day silence being held in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15691954

[Hauldren Collider]

"because **** you that's why"

No idea, who cares? Veteran's day celebrates something more timeless.

[Lorizael]

Armistice Day is about ending a war, which is not really something Americans do.

[Dauphin]

I call it Remembrance Day. :shrug:

[SlowwHand]

http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

[Dinner]

My grandfather was born in 1916 and my grandmother was born in 1918 and my grandfather always has scares on his right hand the reason was in 1917, when he was just a baby crawling on the floor, his uncle came home from the westerner front, he had gotten leave for the Christmas holiday, and while home he had stepped on my grandfather's fingers with his trench boots. Trench boots had iron spikes on them so soldiers could get a grip in the mud but at home in Edinburough they just hurt the hands of small babes. That's something I remember from my grandfather; for all of his life he had scares on his right hand due to those WW1 combat boots.

[onodera]

My grandfather was born in 1916 and my grandmother was born in 1918 and my grandfather always has scares on his right hand the reason was in 1917, when he was just a baby crawling on the floor, his uncle came home from the westerner front, he had gotten leave for the Christmas holiday, and while home he had stepped on my grandfather's fingers with his trench boots. Trench boots had iron spikes on them so soldiers could get a grip in the mud but at home in Edinburough they just hurt the hands of small babes. That's something I remember from my grandfather; for all of his life he had scares on his right hand due to those WW1 combat boots.

Why would anyone step on a hand of a crawling baby? Was your grandfather crying too loud?

[Dinner]

It just happened.

[Al B. Sure!]

My grandfather was born in 1916 and my grandmother was born in 1918 and my grandfather always has scares on his right hand the reason was in 1917, when he was just a baby crawling on the floor, his uncle came home from the westerner front, he had gotten leave for the Christmas holiday, and while home he had stepped on my grandfather's fingers with his trench boots. Trench boots had iron spikes on them so soldiers could get a grip in the mud but at home in Edinburough they just hurt the hands of small babes. That's something I remember from my grandfather; for all of his life he had scares on his right hand due to those WW1 combat boots.

You're like an old man with these boring ass personal stories. So extreme is your attempt to mimic an old man that your first sentence was a 68-word run-on sentence, you repeated yourself with a summary at the end, and you brought in irrelevant details like the year your grandmother was born.

[giblets]

I think WWI has a relatively low significance to Americans because our involvement was so short and killed off such a small percentage of our population.

[giblets]

You're like an old man with these boring ass personal stories. So extreme is your attempt to mimic an old man that your first sentence was a 68-word run-on sentence, you repeated yourself with a summary at the end, and you brought in irrelevant details like the year your grandmother was born.

You are so full of hate. I don't understand why you needed to write this tirade. If Oerdin is so boring, why aren't you ignoring him?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Armistice Day is about ending a war, which is not really something Americans do.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

The only WW1 veteran I ever knew was my Great-Uncle Frank. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions, but he absolutely loathed Remembrance Day- hated it with a passion. He said it gave politicians an easy way out. They've just got to wear a poppy, and bow their heads once a year, and it makes it all so much easier to send more men to die.

I think he earned the right to say those things and be respected for it.

[Tupac Shakur]

You're like an old man with these boring ass personal stories. So extreme is your attempt to mimic an old man that your first sentence was a 68-word run-on sentence, you repeated yourself with a summary at the end, and you brought in irrelevant details like the year your grandmother was born.

Don't leave out the fact that his spelling is similar to that of an Alzheimer's patient.

[Dauphin]

Terry Pratchett is a good speller. You ****!!"£%€^!