Today is known both as Veterans Day and Day of Remembrance for people of the US and the Commonwealth of Nations, respectively. Veterans day, celebrated in the US, honors people who have served in the armed forces, originally was born out of Armistice day, which recalls the end of hostilities of World War I.
It became a holiday in 1954, and unlike Memorial day, reflects on and appreciates the lives of veterans past and present. It is a federal holiday in the US, much like the Day of Remembrance for countries of the Commonwealth.
Day of Remembrance is more like memorial day, recalling veterans who have fallen in the line of combat. Traditionally, a red remembrance poppy is worn to commemorate the day, and represents the blood spilled in battle as a reference to the poem
In Flanders Fields.
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