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Around the world, veterans are recognized today for their service. Across United States, patriotic ceremonies and parades are prevalent on Veterans Day.

Originally established as Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I, other countries also observe this day.

Fresh footsteps in the morning dew from a mother visiting her son's grave are seen in the grass as tombstones stand in the background on Veterans Day at Georgia National Cemetery, Nov. 11, in Canton, Ga.

Korean War veteran Al DePetrillo salutes during the U.S. National Anthem during Veterans Day ceremonies in Lebanon, N.H., Nov. 11.

Larry Roberts, 60, a veteran from South Shields in England, who served with the Royal Green Jackets, stands for a moment looking at the sculpture entitled Eleven ‘O’ One in Seaham, County Durham, England.

Kelly Poole touches the tombstone of her father and Korean War veteran Navy Seaman Michael Dario Vignali on Veterans Day at Georgia National Cemetery, Nov. 11, in Canton, Ga.

A visitor walks among hundreds of US national flags that are displayed on Veterans Day in the Healing Field, a public park in Naperville, Ill. on Nov. 11.

Sheila Ann Donohoe, 68, sheds a single tear as she thinks of her father and husband, both who died in 2014 and served in the U.S. Army.

Operation Desert Storm veteran Tyrone Franklin pays his respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with his grandson Sean Miller, 2, on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in Philadelphia.

Veterans hold a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war proclamation by the President of the United States over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall during Veterans day in Washington, Nov. 11.

Madeline Brosi, 9, (C) of Queens, New York, waves a US national flag as West Point Military Academy cadets march by during the annual Veterans Day parade in New York.

People place poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada.

Canadian Legion member Roger Beaucage walks among the soldiers graves at the National Field of Honour after Remembrance Day ceremonies, Nov. 11, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Army Lt. Col. Luta C. McGrath, 107, the oldest known female World War II veteran, right, is greeted as she is recognized by President Barack Obama during Veterans Day ceremonies.

A US Army Honor Guard moves into place prior to President Barack Obama participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11.

US President Barack Obama arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 11.

Naval veterans Jean MacDonald, left, and Doris Hope chat before the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

Arnold DeVille of Washington, visits the grave of his brother, Army PFC Frank McCoy, who received the purple heart while serving in Vietnam, and died in 1997, in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

People visit the Vietnam Memorial Wall on the National Mall on Veterans Day on Nov. 11, in Washington, DC.

US Army Vietnam War veteran Jim Rowe (L) stops to accept thanks from a little girl (C) as they visit a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in a public park in Naperville, Ill.

Members of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, Richard Johnsson and Tom Miller, prepare to march in the Veterans Day parade in Boston on Nov. 11.

Members of the G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School NJROTC color guard carry their flags during a ceremony in Miami Beach, Florida.

A girl stands with veterans of the U.S. military during the Veterans' Day parade in New York .

American Kenneth Fuller (L), 92, a former US Army platoon sergeant in World War II meets Filipino World War II veteran sergeant Jose Quilatan (R), 100, along a wall of names of Missing in Action soldiers at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines.

People visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall on Veterans Day in Washington, Nov. 11.

Men dressed in military clothes sit on a bench before the start of the Veteran's Day parade in New York.

Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Reynolds of Houston, Texas, visits the grave of Army Cpl. William Amundson Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery.

Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard Honor Guard march in the Veterans Day ceremony in Oklahoma City, Nov. 11.

Gavin Kinney, 9, holds up a sign thanking veterans at the nation’s largest Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11.

Carl Blitz, a Korean War veteran who served from 1951-54, walks on to pay homage to three deceased comrades, Nov. 11, at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, Mich.