Chief Master-at-Arms Mark Durben, from Coshocton, Ohio, attached to Naval Magazine Indian Island, speaks at a Veterans Day ceremony at Seaport Landing Retirement and Assisted Living in Port Townsend, Wash. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Seth Coulter/ Released) Veterans Day 141111-N-JY507-004

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