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In the year 1954.
Alfred King. A store owner in Kansas, he campaigned to change Armistice Day into a day for all Veterans. Less than a year later, the bill made it through congress and was signed into law by Dwight Eisenhower.
1919 Veterans Day originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I.
In 1954, after a campaign by various veterans organizations, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed that Armistice Day be renamed Veterans Day to honor all American veterans, not just those who served in World War I. This change was enacted by Congress, and the law was signed on June 1, 1954. The first Veterans Day was observed on November 11 of that year.
On May 26, 1954, the U.S. Congress passed, and Pres. Eisenhower signed, a bill expanding Armistice Day to be a day of recognition of all veterans of the U.S. armed forces rather than only those who died in World War I. Six days later, on June 1, 1954, Congress and the President amended the law, changing the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Veterans Day has been observed in the U.S. from 1954 to 1970 and every year since 1978 on the 11th of November and from 1971 to 1977 on the fourth Monday of October.
It was renamed Veterans Day by President Eisenhower in 1954. President Wilson proclaimed November 11th as Armistice Day in 1919. Congress made it a Federal Holiday in 1938.
On November 11 1918 the congress voted Armistice day a national holiday. ---------------------------By huss
1938 it was mad a national holiday but it was called Armistice Day but was later changed to veterans day on June 11th 1954 to honer all us veterans.
Simple Answer: Armistice Day is the day German and the other Central Powers signed an agreement (an Armistice) to end World War I.
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday .
Armistice Day. On November 11, 1918, an armistice or temporary cessation of hostilities ended World War I. The following year, Armistice Day was recognized. In 1938, Armistice Day was declared a legal holiday in America. Following WW II, the name was changed to Veterans Day.