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No, Gerald R. Ford did not change the name of Veterans Day. The holiday was originally known as Armistice Day and was observed on November 11 to commemorate the end of World War I. It was officially renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to honor all American veterans.
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!
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She already changed her name officially from Destiny Hope Cyrus.
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Because armistice day was honoring the armistice that ended WWI, but in the 1950s to honor a veterans.
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 name was justed change when it becames a national holiday.
Sean Combs has never officially changed his name to Diddy. In 2001, Combs changed his stage name from Puff Daddy to P. Diddy. Then, in 2005, he changed his stage name just to "Diddy".
When Congress voted to change the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954, President Eisenhower proclaimed November 11 as Veterans Day. It was President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 that first proclaimed this day as Armistice Day.