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退伍军人节 (Veterans
Day) ：11月11日
你怎么庆祝退伍军人节呢？你会不会参加游行活动？听演讲？在典礼上献花？从1918年开始，人们就会以这些事情来纪念这个特别的节日，不过这个节日以前有不同的名称，同时过去的意义也和现在有点不同。
西元1918年11月11日，盟军的主要国家和德国在法国签订停火协议，正式退出了第一次世界大战。并不是只有美国才会庆祝这一天。在第二次世界大战爆发之前，英国与法国每年也都会庆祝这个休战纪念日 (Armistice
Day) 。第二次大战爆发后，这些国家也没有时间庆祝了。
How do you observe Veterans Day? Do you go to a parade? Listen to a speech? Take flowers to a cemetery? People do all these things to commemorate this special holiday, which has been observed since 1918, though it had a different name and a slightly different meaning back then.
It was on November 11, 1918, that Allied powers signed a cease-fire agreement, an armistice with Germany at Rethondes, France, ending World War I. Not only does the U.S. observe this day. Great Britain and France continued to recognize Armistice Day every year until World War II, when, once again, it was no time to be celebrating peace.
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