Nov 11, 2024
Members of Boy Scout Troop 579 of the Riverside Drive district conduct a Veterans Day ceremony atop the marquee of the Sheraton Astor Hotel on November 11, 1954.
Photo: Anthony Camerano for the AP
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Members of Boy Scout Troop 579 of the Riverside Drive district conduct a Veterans Day ceremony atop the marquee of the Sheraton Astor Hotel on November 11, 1954.
Photo: Anthony Camerano for the AP
Before leaving for England, members of the Royal Australian Air Force visited the observation roof of the RCA Building, Rockefeller Center, November 11, 1941, from which vantage point they got a look at the Manhattan skyscrapers.
Photo: Associated Press
Armistice Day parade at 26 Court Street, 1934. Veterans Day began as a memorial to the end of World War I, when an armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Photo: Urban Archive NY Instagram
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, World War I came to an end. New Yorkers celebrated with their usual gusto.
Photo: Associated Press via the NY Times
Pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force, in New York on their way to Britain in 1941, marched in the American Legion’s Armistice Day parade by permission of the State Department. They were the first foreign soldiers to march in the U.S. since the end of World War I.
Photo: Associated Press
Pedestrians and traffic at Fifth Ave. and 42nd St. come to a halt for a minute of silence at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1936.
Photo: Wurts Bros. via MCNY
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, an armistice was signed, ending World War I. New York put on a military parade to mark the event.
Photo: Paul Thompson via FPG/Getty Images/Time magazine
Fifth Avenue & 42nd St., November 11, 1937. Armistice Day was marked by a minute of silence. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood silently for a minute in memory of the dead in World War I. Traffic was stopped and some men stood at attention while others held their hats. Just two years later, of course, another war would begin with many more casualties.
Photo: Wurts Bros. via NYPL