At closer view its majestic details emerge. These three are not the only unknown soldiers who lie in Arlington Cemetery. There are unknowns from every war the United States has fought in - including 2111 Union and Confederate soldiers gathered from Civil War battlefields . In Emporia, Kansas, on November 11,1953,instead of an Armistice day program, these was a Veteran's Day observance. Before World War II it was customary for each community to hold veterans' parades and public ceremonies, but of late there has been a reaction against military parades as tending to glorify war.
Most people spend the day quietly at home.
Those families who have lost sons or daughters in war will probably attend memorial services and turn their thoughts to the avoidance of future wars. In this respect Veterans' Day and Memorial Day have come to be regarded with much the same sentiments by the American people.