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2025 test · Question 128 of 128

What is Veterans Day?

Symbols and Holidays · Holidays

Answers from the USCIS list

Give one of these answers. Words in light (parentheses) are optional.

  • A holiday to honor people in the optional: (U.S.) military
  • A holiday to honor people who have served optional: (in the U.S. military)

Our explanation

A veteran is a person who has served in the military. Veterans Day, November 11, honors people who serve or have served in the U.S. military. It first marked the end of World War I in 1918.

Remember it

VETERANS Day (Nov. 11) = all who served. MEMORIAL Day = those who died.

Source

USCIS 2025 Study Guide (M-1175) p. 75: “celebrated the end of World War I, which ended on November 11, 1918.” … “honor men and women (alive or deceased) who have served in the U.S. military.” M-1778 Q128 adds people in the military.

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