On June 1, 1954 President Eisenhower signed HR7786, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
Public Law 380, signed into law by President Eisenhower on June 21, 1954, changed November from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. This change was intended to honor all veterans, not just those of WW1. November 11, 1954 was the first Veterans Day.
President Eisenhower started the veterans day he signed the paper
Nixon in 1960
In 1954, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day.
Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day and was first commemorated on November 11, 1919. It was officially designated as a national holiday on May 13, 1938. Armistice Day was officially renamed to Veterans Day on June 1, 1954. It is observed on November 11th of every year.
Public Law 380, signed into law by President Eisenhower on June 21, 1954, changed November from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. This change was intended to honor all veterans, not just those of WW1. November 11, 1954 was the first Veterans Day.
President Eisenhower started the veterans day he signed the paper
Nixon in 1960
On May 2, 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the bill establishing November 11 as the U.S. federal holiday of Armistice Day, commemorating the armistice that ended World War I on November 11, 1918. By the time it became a federal holiday it was already a state holiday in all 48 states. On June 1, 1954, President Eisenhower signed into law the bill expanding the scope of the holiday to honor all U.S. war veterans rather than just World War I veterans and changing the name to Veterans Day. On June 28, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the bill that included changing the date of the federal holiday from November 11 to the fourth Monday of October. Because most veterans' associations were against the change, and because most states either never changed the date of their Veterans Day observances or changed it back to November 11, the bill changing the date of the federal holiday back to November 11 was signed into law by President Ford on September 13, 1975.So to answer the question, November 11, 2013 was the 60th observance of Veterans Day as a U.S. federal holiday by that name.
President Eisenhower signed the law that changed the name. I am not sure that he was the motivating force behind the name change.
According to Historians, President Eisenhower declared Veterans Day a holiday after he signed a bill changing it from Armistice Day on October 8, 1954.
It was President Woodrow Wilson who originally declared Armistice Day to recognize the service of military members from WWI.Congress (the only body with the power to declare holidays) changed it to "Veterans Day" following the Korean War as recognition for all US Veterans, past and to come.
Veterans Day was first incorporated into law by President Wilson as Armistice Day in 1919.
In 1954, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day.
November 11th was originally known as the day on which the Armistice that ended World War I was signed. Many nations recognize their soldiers on that day.
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November 30th 1993, by signed into law by President Bill Clinton.