NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with parades, speeches and military discounts, while in Europe the holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I.American Samoa joined the rest of the nation to observe Veterans Day with a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Center in Tafuna where U.S. Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas, Esther Kia’aina, delivered remarks. Details in tomorrow's issue.Thousands of veterans and their supporters marched up Fifth Avenue in New York, home to the nation's oldest Veterans Day parade.At 11 a.m. - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - a solemn hush fell over Manhattan's Madison Square Park as veterans laid wreaths under the Eternal Light Monument to honor the fallen.Former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelley, who was a Marine lieutenant, served as grand marshal.\I learned everything I know about leadership from my military service