美国纪念退伍军人节范例

U.S. President Barack Obama is leading the nation Friday in honoring those who have served in the armed forces.

To mark the Veterans Day holiday, President Obama will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and deliver remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington.

Later, he travels to the southern California city of San Diego, where he will speak on a U.S. Navy carrier, the USS Carl Vinson. He will then attend a Veterans Day basketball game on the carrier featuring teams from two U.S. universities .

Veterans Day commemorates the date in 1918 when the cease-fire agreement was signed that ended the battles of World War One . It is observed in Europe and elsewhere as Armistice or Remembrance Day.美国总统奥巴马星期五带领国人向曾在美军服役的退伍军人致敬。

为纪念退伍军人节，奥巴马总统将出席一个敬献花圈仪式，并在华盛顿城外的阿灵顿国家公墓发表讲话。

奥巴马随后将前往南加州的圣迭戈市，在美国海军航空母舰卡尔·文森号上发表讲话。他还将在航空母舰上观看一场退伍军人节篮球赛，比赛的双方是密西根州立大学队和北卡罗莱纳大学队。

退伍军人节纪念1918年第一次世界大战停战协议的签署。在欧洲和其它地区，每年的11月11日被定为停战纪念日或国殇纪念日。