Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11

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Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11, one of six days during theyear all postal facilities are required to display the POW-MIA flag. According to Administrative SupportManual 476.1, when Veterans Day falls on a non-business day,postal facilities are required to display the POW-MIA flag on the last businessday before the designated day — in this case, Saturday, November 10.  Inhonor of the Veterans Day holiday, there will be no regular mail delivery orretail service Monday, November 12.
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originallyset as a U.S. legalholiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place onNovember 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was"dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated andknown as 'Armistice Day.'" As such, this new legal holiday honored WorldWar I veterans. 
In 1954, after having been through World War II and the KoreanWar, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at the urging of the veterans service organizations-- amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" andinserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislationon June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of allwars. 
In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends forfederal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays:Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under thisbill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did notagree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its originaldate. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusionon October 25, 1971. 
Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed alaw which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original dateof November 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday hasbeen observed on November 11. 
Since the U.S. Postal Service began issuing stamps more than 150 yearsago, many have commemorated veterans and accomplishments by our military. For additional information, refer to Publication 528, “Veterans and theMilitary on Stamps” at http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub528.htm andPublication 529, “World War II:  A History of Stamps” at http://blue.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub529.htm.