When did we start celebrating Veterans Day?

Answer 1

In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an armistice was signed. The "war to end all wars" was over.

November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won.

Congress voted Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938, 20 years after the war ended.

World War II began the following year and nations great and small again participated in a bloody struggle. After the Second World War, Armistice Day continued to be observed on November 11.

In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans' Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veterans' Day. 1971 President Nixon declared it a federal holiday on the second Monday in November.

Answer 2

Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day.It celebrated the ending of World War I. It became an official holiday in 1926. The name was changed to Veterans Day on June 1, 1954 to honor everyone who had served in the armed forces Just a little bit on Veterans day...

Answer 3

We officially celebrate it for fifty years. Now, yay!!

Answer 4

We celebrate Veteran's Day on Nov. 11th okay.

Answer 5

November 11, 1876