At 11:00 A.M. on November 11, 1918, World War I, known as the "War to End all Wars," came to an end with the signing of the cease-fire agreement at Rethondes, France. One year later, November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day in the...

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the official end of World War I, November 11, 1918. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect...

King Albert laid a wreath Sunday at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier while thousands flocked to the site of one of bloodiest battles of World War I in western Belgium to mark the anniversary of the war's end.Ceremonies across Britain, France and Belgium were...

Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military. That figure is unchanged from last year’s Veterans Day survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports. Just 11% report an unfavorable opinion of the U.S. military.The survey was conducted in anticipation of Veterans’ Day...

One of France's last World War I veterans, Rene Riffaud, has died at age 108, leaving just three known French survivors of the 1914-18 conflict, the National Veterans Office said Tuesday. Riffaud died overnight Tuesday, said Marie-Georges Vingadassalon, a spokeswoman for the office.Of the three...

Promoters of a new, $26 million World War I museum scheduled to open in less than six months are hoping to get the public interested in a war that took place nine decades ago. Officials at the Liberty Memorial, the...