VETERANS DAY OR ARMISTICE DAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN UNITED STATES OBSERVED ANNUALLY IN NOVEMBER 11 HONORING MILITARY VETERANS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND WERE DISCHARGED UNDER CONDITIONS OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE. IT IS COINCIDES WITH OTHER HOLIDAYS INCLUDING ARMISTICE DAY AND REMEMBRANCE DAY WICH ARE CELEBRATED IN OTHER COUNTRIES MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I.  THE MAJOR HOSTILITIES OF WORLD WAR I WERE FORMALLY ENDED AT THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF 11TH MONTH OF 1918, WHEN THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY WENT INTO EFFECT. THE MAJOR UNITED STATES ORGANIZATIONS, THE ARMISTICE DAY WAS RENAMED VETERANS DAY IN 1954.
VETERANS DAY IS DIFFERENT FROM MEMORIAL DAY AN UNITED STATES PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN MAY MONTH. THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATES THE SERVICE OF ALL U. S. MILITARY VETERANS. THE MEMORIAL DAY HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN MILITARY SERVICE. THERE IS ANOTHER MILITARY HOLIDAY, ARMED FORCES DAY, A MINOR  U. S.  REMEMBRANCE THAN ALSO OCCURS IN MAY MONTH, HONORING TO CURRENT SERVERS OF UNITED STATES MILITARY.
U. S. WORLD WAR I VETERAN JOSEPH AMBROSE WITH 86 YEARS AT THE DEDICATION DAY PARADE FOR VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN 1982.
U. S. WORLD WAR I VETERAN JOSEPH AMBROSE 1896 - 1988 ATTENDS DEDICATION PARADE FOR THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HOLDING THE FLAG COVERED THE CASKET OF HIS SON, CLEMENT WHO WAS KILLED IN THE KOREAN WAR.
THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE VETERANS DAY IS THE VETERANS DAY PARADE ON 11 NOVEMBER.
ON NOVEMBER 11 1919 UNITED STATES PRESIDENT THOMAS WOODROW WILSON SENT MESSAGE TO HIS COUNTRYMEN ON THE FIRST ARMISTICE DAY, EXPRESSING HIS FEELS AND THE DAY MEANT TO AMERICANS.

COLUMBUS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES A HOLIDAY TO COMMEMORATE THE LANDING OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ON OCTOBER 12 1492 TO THE NEW WORLD.  SINCE 1971 UNITED STATES CELEBRATES THE COLUMBUS DAY ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER. THE EXPLORATIONS OF COLUMBUS WERE FINANCED BY KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NATIVE OF GENOA, ITALY REALIZED FOUR TRAVELS FOR ARRIVE TO AMERICA, BELIEVING HIM ARRIVE IN INDIAS. THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA DISCOVERING WAS CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1792 BY THE SOCIETY OF SAINT TAMMANY AND THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1892 BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NATIONWIDE.
DURING XIX CENTURY SECOND HALF THE COLUMBUS DAY BEGAN CELEBRATION IN CITIES WITH LARGE NUMBER OF ITALIAN AMERICANS. IN 1937 IT BECAME IN A NATIONAL HOLIDAY BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. THE CELEBRATION WITH PARADES, FLOATS DEPICTING THE SHIPS OF COLUMBUS, PUBLIC CEREMONIES AND FESTIVITIES. FOR 500TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1992 THE HOLIDAY WAS AN OCCASION OF REMEMBERING THE EUROPEAN CONQUER OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND BEGIN THE CELEBRATION WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES AMONG THEM, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

WORLD TEACHERS DAY OR INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS DAY IS AN INTERNATIONAL DAY CELEBRATING ANNUALLY ON OCTUBER 5. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1994 AND IT COMMEMORATES SIGNING OF 1966 UNESCO/ILO RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE STATUS OF TEACHERS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS RECOMMENDATION OUTLINES STANDARDS RELATING TO EDUCATION PERSONNEL POLICY, RECRUITMENT AND INITIAL TRAINING AS WELL AS THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF TEACHERS, THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THE WORLD TEACHERS DAY FOCUS ON APPRECIATING, ASSESSING AND IMPROVING THE EDUCATORS OF THE WORLD IN OPPORTUNITY OF CONSIDER ISSUES RELATED TO TEACHERS AND TEACHING.