Dr. Bill: I see that "Armistice Day" is now called "Veterans' Day". We call it "Remembrance Day" in Canada, also celebrated on November 11th.

I wasn't sure what "armistice" means. It isn't the end of a war, as I thought. It is only a truce or a cease-fire*.

Veterans' Day (formerly Armistice Day)
"November 11 is the anniversary of the Armistice which was signed in the Forest of Compiegne by the Allies and the Germans" on November 11, 1918.

http://www.patriotism.org/veterans_day

Here is an "armistice" limerick to close the week. A "cease-fire" always inspires hope.

An armistice is a cease-fire
A truce which, alas, will expire
If one side fights
For basic rights
And the other disdains that desire.

* Dictionary.com: 2 entries found for Armistice

n: a temporary cessation of fighting by mutual consent; a truce

n: a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms [syn: cease-fire, truce]

[French, from New Latin armistitium : Latin arma, arms; see arm2 + Latin -stitium, a stopping; see st- in Indo-European Roots.]