Nov 11, 2014

Tributes to veterans took place around the world as countries paid tribute to the those who have served and those currently serving in the military. Veterans Day has its roots in World War I. November 11th was originally set aside as a day to commemorate the end of “The Great War” in 1918. The U.S. Congress, in 1954, voted to change the name to Veterans Day to pay tribute to all servicemen and women. In many countries November 11th is still know as Armistice Day.

: Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York march during the Veterans Day parade on 5th Avenue in New York November 11, 2014. (Mike Segar/Reuters photo)

: Servicemen walk past the ceramic poppies that form part of the art installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red”, during an Armistice Day ceremony at the Tower of London in London November 11, 2014. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters photo)

: Five year old Lewis North touches a name engraved on the Armed Forces Memorial during Armistice Day commemorations at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England November 11, 2014. (Phil Noble/Reuters photo)

: Veterans, public officials, families, schools, and other members of the community gather for a Veterans Day ceremony at Memorial Plaza in Baltimore, MD. (Cassidy Johnson/Baltimore Sun)

: Milton England of the American Legion Post 285 Color Guard waits after marching during the Veterans Day parade in Baltimore, MD on Tuesday. England, 86, is a Navy World War II veteran. (Cassidy Johnson/Baltimore Sun)

: A volunteer places a flower on an inscribed name at the 9/11 Memorial in New York November 11, 2014. The 9/11 Memorial placed yellow roses on the names of veterans as a Salute to Service for Veterans Day. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters photo)

: A bagpipe player performs during a ceremony at the Notre-Dame de Lorette war memorial on November 11, 2014 in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, northern France, as part of the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. (Michel Spingler/AFP/Getty Images)

: French President’s chief-of-staff, General Benoit Puga, walks through the Notre-Dame de Lorette war memorial, listing the engraved names of 580,000 men who died in northern France during WWI, during a ceremony on November 11, 2014 in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, northern France, part of the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. (Michel Spingler/AFP/Getty Images)

: A general view shows the “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” installation of ceramic poppies by artist Paul Cummins and theatre stage designer Tom Piper, marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, in the moat area of the Tower of London in London on November 11, 2014. Designed as a tribute to Britain’s World War I dead, a blood-red trench of ceramic poppies around the Tower of London has become a national phenomenon as Britons flock to remember the fallen in generations of war. The final poppy was planted on Armistice Day November 11. The installation now consists of over 800,000 ceramic poppies, each one symbolising a British and Commonwealth military fatality in WW1. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)

: Armed services veterans await the start of an Armistice day service in Aylesford in Kent, south-east England, on November 11, 2014. A century on from the start of the 1914-1918 Great War, people around Britain stood for the traditional two-minute silence remembering all those who have given their lives in conflict. (Richard Pohle/AFP/Getty Images)

: Performers wearing WWI US Army Sergeant’s combat uniforms take part in a reenactment of WWI in Claye-Souilly, some 38 kilometers northeast of Paris, on November 11, 2014 as part of Armistice Day commemoration ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)

: A French veteran holds a flag, on November 11, 2014 in Lyon, during the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. AFP PHOTO / (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

: A member of the armed forces with prosthetic legs pays his respects at the Armed Forces Memorial in the National Memorial Arboretum on Armistice Day near Lichfield, Staffordshire, central England, on November 11, 2014. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young girl dressed as a “poilu”, a World War I-era French soldier, holds a French flag during Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of WWI, on November 11, 2014 in Lyon. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

: Former Royal Engineer Robert Mackenzie and Barbara Mackenzie from East Linton join Veterans and members of the public to pay tribute to those who died during the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts at the garden of remembrance on Armistice Day, on November 11, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A two minute silence was observed across the country at 11:00am, to honour those who fell during World War I and World War II , also recognising those who have died in conflicts since. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: French President Francois Hollande makes selfies picture with onlookers after the ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe on November 11, 2014 in Paris, as part of the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. A(Francois Mori/AFP/Getty Images)

: Australian Army Warrant Officer Stephen Chiesa observes a minutes silence at the Cenotaph national war memorial to pay tribute to the Commonwealth war dead on Armistice Day in Sydney on November 11, 2014. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

: Vietnam war veteran Joe ‘Dragon’ Lozano, retired U.S. Army, salutes during the playing of ÒTapsÓ at a Veterans Day ceremony at the World War Two Memorial November 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. Originally established as Armistice Day in 1919, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower, and honors those who have served in the U.S. military. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

: People view crosses in the garden of remembrance in Princess Street Gardens on Armistice Day, on November 11, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A two minute silence was observed across the country at 11:00am to honour those who fell during World War I and World War II as well as those who have died in conflicts since. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Crosses are placed in the garden of remembrance in Princess Street on Armistice Day, on November 11, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Poppies fall during a two-minute silence at a Remembrance Day service at the Lloyd’s of London building on November 11, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. The annual Armistice Day service honours those who have lost their lives during times of war. This year, the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, 5000 poppies were dropped along with the ringing of the Lutine Bell, the laying of wreaths before the Book of Remembrance and a two minute silence. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

: Brigadier Rob Thomson lays a wreath during a ceremony to mark Armistice Day attended by some of the British troops that still remain in Afghanistan at Kandahar airfield on November 11, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: A wreath laid by Brigadier Rob Thomson is seen during a ceremony to mark Armistice Day attended by some of the British troops that still remain in Afghanistan at Kandahar airfield on November 11, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: U.S. Air Force and Vietnam War veteran Don Gray participates in Veterans Day ceremonies in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 11, 2014. (Brian Snyder/Reuters photo)

: War veterans pays tribute at the Cenotaph, Martin Place during the Rememberance Day Service on November 11, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. This year marks the 96th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War (1914-18). A one minute silence is called at 11.00am on the 11th day of the 11th month to remember the members of armed forces who were killed at battle. (Michele Mossop/Getty Images)

: Robinson Pyle plays “Taps” during Veterans Day ceremonies in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 11, 2014. (Brian Snyder/Reuters photo)

: A veteran waves during a parade during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa November 11, 2014. (Chris Wattie/Reuters photo)

: A Yeomen Warder awaits the placing of the last ceramic poppy in the moat of Tower of London to mark Armistice Day, on November 11, 2014 in London, England. The installation ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper consists of 888,246 ceramic poppies – representing each of the commonwealth servicemen and women killed in the first world war. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

: A young girl walks past tombstones after an Armistice Day ceremony at the Belgrade War cemetery in Belgrade on November 11, 2014, as part of Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 96th anniversary of the end of World War I. (AndreJ Sakovic/AFP/Getty Images)

: A veteran awaits the start of the Armistice day service at the Royal British Legion village which was attended by Defence secretary Michael Fallon on November 11, 2014 in Aylesford, Kent. (Richard Pohle/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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