November 11 is Veterans Day in the U.S. - a federal holiday to honor all military personnel who have served the U.S. in all wars.
Americans Mark Veterans Day
![A member of the U.S. Marines Corp. looks at the graves in Arlington National Cemetery. November 11th, 2012, Arlington, VA. (VOA / D. Manis)](https://gdb.voanews.com/2cb9df26-34d8-4b66-a571-245e9a0fac65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the U.S. Marines Corp. looks at the graves in Arlington National Cemetery. November 11th, 2012, Arlington, VA. (VOA / D. Manis)
![Members of Riverside Military Academy from Gainesville, Ga., march down Baker Street during the 31st annual Veterans Day Parade in Atlanta, Saturday, November 10, 2012. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f7122b5e-913f-4b8b-8723-4eea79130d75_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Riverside Military Academy from Gainesville, Ga., march down Baker Street during the 31st annual Veterans Day Parade in Atlanta, Saturday, November 10, 2012. (AP)
![Early morning sun lights headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., as the country commemorates Veterans Day, November 11, 2012. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/78ea56a7-e4f2-4a6c-b754-6413ec7dda98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Early morning sun lights headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., as the country commemorates Veterans Day, November 11, 2012. (AP)
![American expatriates walk through rows of crosses following a wreath-laying ceremony to mark U.S. Veterans Day at the American Cemetery at suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ca4e7b61-6222-432d-ab6d-45b24c25b10b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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American expatriates walk through rows of crosses following a wreath-laying ceremony to mark U.S. Veterans Day at the American Cemetery at suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP)
![Jimmy Bacolo, right, of Staten Island, N.Y., a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 5195 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y., attends the Veterans Day observance at the 9/11 Memorial, in New York, November 10, 2012. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/04d6d764-36fc-467d-abd4-67d98c4a6151_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jimmy Bacolo, right, of Staten Island, N.Y., a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 5195 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y., attends the Veterans Day observance at the 9/11 Memorial, in New York, November 10, 2012. (AP)
![Members of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps take part in the Flags Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 10, 2012. (Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Lisa Ferdinando)](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d7ae9a9-b43a-46a6-86f0-94dc15293c56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps take part in the Flags Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 10, 2012. (Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Lisa Ferdinando)
![Kevin Carpenter, of Nassau County Chapter 82 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, ties a yellow ribbon to the tree that survived the terror attack, during the Veterans Day observance at the 9/11 Memorial, in New York, November 10, 2012. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b7744596-a41f-47b2-82ef-049b2237f720_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kevin Carpenter, of Nassau County Chapter 82 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, ties a yellow ribbon to the tree that survived the terror attack, during the Veterans Day observance at the 9/11 Memorial, in New York, November 10, 2012. (AP)
![Mahant Trikaal Bhawanta, leader of the first group of women sadhvi, or Hindu holy women, performs evening rituals on the banks of River Yamuna in Allahabad, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7126cef9-1cac-456c-8130-9a4b616f5582_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mahant Trikaal Bhawanta, leader of the first group of women sadhvi, or Hindu holy women, performs evening rituals on the banks of River Yamuna in Allahabad, India.