Veterans Day began as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 — the first anniversary of the end of World War I. It became a holiday via Congress in 1926 and was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 as a means of honoring those who served in all wars.
The U.S. Census Bureau has compiled data that look at veterans and veterans issues by the numbers:
21.5 million: The number of military veterans in the United States in 2011.
2.3 million: The number of black veterans in 2011. Additionally, 1.2 million veterans were Hispanic; 264,695 were Asian; 153,223 were American Indian or Alaska Native; 27,469 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and 17.2 million were non-Hispanic white.
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