Veteran's Day is celebrated on November 11th each year. The holiday was originally Armistice Day to recognize the signing of the Armistice ending World War I. In 1954, Congress changed the holiday to Veteran's Day in honor of everyone who serves or has served in the United States armed forces.
No president officially changed it, some loser in the streets decided Veteran's day was cool name and changed it. Then it spread and soon losers all over the world were calling it Veterans day!
President Eisenhower signed the law that changed the name. I am not sure that he was the motivating force behind the name change.
Thanksgiving was made a national holiday by President Lincoln, but it wasn't celebrated until much later in the 1900's. The date of the holiday has also changed off and on.
Thompson Holiday's original name was Thompson Tour Operations. The name change occurred in 1997. The name change occurred once ownership changed in 1997.
The next holiday after President's Day would be St. Patrick's Day or Easter.
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Franklin D Roosevelt was the President that officially proclaimed Columbus Day to be a national holiday in 1937, though there is record that Benjamin Harrison recognized the day as cause for celebration on the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing (in the Bahamas) in 1892.Additionally, it was President Richard Nixon who, in 1971, changed the date of the holiday from October 12th to the "second Monday of October."
No U.S. president has ever declared Hanukkah a national holiday.
Franklin D Roosevelt was the President that officially proclaimed Columbus Day to be a national holiday in 1937, though there is record that Benjamin Harrison recognized the day as cause for celebration on the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing (in the Bahamas) in 1892.Additionally, it was President Richard Nixon who, in 1971, changed the date of the holiday from October 12th to the "second Monday of October."
President Eisenhower made Veteran's day a federal holiday in 1954. Before that, it was known as Armistice day. President Eisenhower Changed it because when Americans celebrate a holiday, he figures he should use a word that is less complicated.
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