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                      UK, US Honor Members of Armed Forces

   Queen Elizabeth led Britain in paying tribute to its war dead as the
   country fell silent on Remembrance Sunday.
   Thousands in central London observed a two-minute silence during the
   annual ceremony, which is observed on the nearest Sunday to the
   anniversary of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918.
   The United States will similarly honor its war veterans on Monday, the
   actual anniversary.
   In the U.S., Veterans Day honors those who have served in its armed
   forces. Memorial Day observed in May honors those who died in military
   service.
   Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1919. The United States and its
   allies declared an armistice with Germany to end the First World War
   one year earlier, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
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