Veterans Day - Honoring All Who Served http://www.dogonews.com/2014/11/5/veterans-day-honoring-all-who-served History of Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months ..