Veterans Day - November 11
Honoring Our Veterans
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Today is Armistice Day, Origami Day, Veterans Day, Air Day, National Sundae Day, Young Reader's Day, and Metal (Music) Day.
Native American Heritage Month Resource - Connecting Our Generations: Voices of Native Veterans
Drum Month Resource of the Day - Jazz Drummer Learns Japanese Taiko Drumming
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1778 – Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War in the Cherry Valley massacre, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: VETERANS DAY
- 1620 - The Mayflower Compact is signed.
- 1864 - Union troops under General Sherman begin burning Atlanta.
- 1889 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd state.
- 1918 - Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies.
- 1928 - The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1821 - Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 1885 - General George S. Patton
- 1904 - Lawyer and spy for Russia Alger Hiss
- 1915 - Economist Anna Schwartz
- 1922 - Author Kurt Vonnegut
- 1928 - Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes
- 1974 - Actor Leonardo DiCaprio
- Sammy Hagar - Remember the Heroes - LISTEN
- Heart - Dear Old America - LISTEN
- Toby Keith - American Soldier - LISTEN
- John Prine - Sam Stone - LISTEN
- Trace Adkins - Still a Soldier - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Veterans Day Parade of Pride Printable - PRINT and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Sesame Street for Military Families - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades PreK-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Soldiers, Veterans, and War in American Life Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Veterans Day (1:08) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam Veterans Memorial (49:48) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Photos Capture Collision of Military and Civilian Life (5:04) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12- PBS LearningMedia - Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Veterans Coming Home Series - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Local, USA - Veterans Coming Home - Health (27:59) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Local, USA - Veterans Coming Home - Careers (27:55) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Independent Lens - Young Veteran Couple Attend College While Stealth Camping (6:00) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Walking Off the War (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Veteran Series -VIEW
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