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Veterans Day is a national holiday in the United States dedicated to honoring military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, but is it an official federal holiday and

The federal holiday always falls on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls and has been observed since 1919.

According to the Kentucky Education Department, KRS 158.075 states that public schools around the state have to observe Veterans Day or have no school in honor of it one of the five school days before the holiday. JCPS and Oldham County Schools had no school on Nov. 4, according to their school calendars.

It was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 1938 and became known as Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 11—the day the armistice ending World War I was signed—every year, regardless of what day it falls on.

The more-than-a-century old federal holiday each Nov. 11 honors America's veterans. Most public agencies, including schools, post offices and local governments are closed.