Veterans Day: Meaning, History, and How Americans Celebrate It

🎖️ Why is Veterans Day always on November 11? This episode explains the origin of the holiday, how it changed over time, and how people in the United States celebrate and recognize veterans today.

Great for intermediate ESL/EFL learners who want to improve listening skills while learning American English through U.S. culture and history.

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📝 Vocabulary List:

1) veteran: a person who has served in the armed forces

2) commemorate: to remember or celebrate something officially

3) truce: an agreement to stop fighting for a time

4) federal holiday: a holiday observed by the federal government of the United States

5) military cemetery: a cemetery where only veterans are buried

6) Sacrifice: the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else

7) Patriotic: having or expressing devotion to one's country

8) Hesitant: reluctant, unsure, or unwilling to take action

9) Decimated: to destroy or kill a large proportion of

10) Proclaim: To declare something officially or publicly.