department of veterans affairs

In the past decade, the number of female vets who have become homeless has nearly doubled to roughly 6,500, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Most of them are younger than 35. But many are not turning to the VA for help, including Cherish Cornish, who found temporary housing from a nonprofit in Brockton, Mass.

Today the Library is closed in observance of Veterans Day.

Although it is largely an American holiday, honoring and thanking veterans for their service, this holiday is celebrated on the same day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other countries.

In America, Woodrow Wilson declared in 1919: