Ohio voters in 2009 approved a $200 million bond issue to fund bonuses for veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq war eras. State officials in Ohio used the holiday to remind Iraq war veterans that time is running out to claim bonuses of up to $1,500. Names are listed alphabetically without their nationalities. The Ring of Memory carries the names of 600,000 soldiers from over 40 countries who died in the region during the war. Later, he inaugurated an international war memorial at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, in northern France, in the presence of German, British and Belgian officials.
11, 1918.įrench President Francois Hollande placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier under Paris' Arc de Triomphe. Tuesday was the 96th anniversary of the armistice that ended the war on Nov.
The events had special significance because this year is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Here is how the holiday was celebrated elsewhere around the country and overseas:Įurope marked Armistice Day with ceremonies and moments of silence as France opened an international memorial on a former battlefield.
