Wyoming State Library Closed on Veterans Day

Nov 8, 2021

Newspaper front page with headline: GERMANY SURRENDERS / WAR TO END AT ONCEThe Wyoming State Library will be closed Thursday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

Veterans Day, November 11, was first established in 1919 as Armistice Day, to honor the veterans of World War I on the anniversary of that conflict’s end.

Read more about the history of Veterans Day from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Image: The EXTRA edition of the Wyoming State Tribune on November 11, 1918. Find it and more in the Wyoming Newspaper Digital Collection.

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