Latest "Armistice Day" stories

Lest we forget… the handbrake: British vets crash armored vehicle into village memorial on Armistice Day

What was meant to be a somber day of reflection and remembrance in Cheshire, England was shattered — literally — for the wont of a handbrake.

By Claire Barrett

2 years ago

Soldier at the Vietnam Memorial wall

How Veterans Day was founded

How did Nov. 11 become the one day of each year designated to appreciate the brave men and women across all wars who answered the call to serve?

By Sarah Sicard

4 years ago

Trump torches allies, threatens NATO pullout after tense WWI memorial trip to Paris

President Donald Trump on Monday unloaded on the U.S.’s European allies, and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider

5 years ago

Veterans have fought in wars — and fought against them

Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.

By Micheal Messner, University of Southern California

5 years ago

From first shot to the silence of peace: Timeline of World War I

Unleashed by an archduke’s assassination, World War I gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.

5 years ago

Hitler in war, Merkel in peace: A train car for history

Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Angela Merkel plans a pilgrimage in the name of peace. Two German chancellors, with opposite aims and the same destination: a train car in a French forest.

By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press

5 years ago