Is There Trash And Garbage Pickup In Florida On Veteran’s Day 2024?
Trash and garbage pickup Veteran’s Day, Monday, November 11, 2024, in Florida varies by each city, county, or homeowners’ association depending on the holiday schedule in their waste disposal contract.
To find out if there is garbage, trash, recycling, or yard waste pickup on Veteran’s Day in your locality, visit your garbage contractor’s website, which usually has the information.
For areas serviced by Waste Management in Florida, visit Waste Management's Holiday Schedule and enter your street address.
For areas serviced by Waste Pro, visit https://www.wasteprousa.com/find-your-city/ and enter your city, then click on the holiday schedule link.
When is Veteran’s Day This Year 2024?
Veterans Day is usually observed on the 11th day of November unless the 11th falls on a weekend.
This year, Veteran’s Day is on Monday, November 11, 2024.
Facts About Veterans Day
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary marking the end of World War I.
The 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 earlier when an armistice or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.
Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II and American forces had fought aggression in Korea, Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change the name to Veterans Day as a way to honor those who served in all American wars.
