Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way
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Relatives of deceased US service members visit graves in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans' Day, November 11, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. Veterans Day is an official US holiday honoring armed service veterans. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
