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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919 President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954.
Veterans Day is a national holiday and most banks are closed. Schools may or may not be closed.
Armistice Day was officially recognized as a holiday honoring World War I veterans in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson. However, November 11 was made a legal holiday by Congress in 1938. It is known as a day set aside to honor our veterans of all wars.
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Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1836
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Oklahoma declared Christmas a legal holiday in 1907. It was the last state in the United States to do so. Alabama was the first state to declare this day a legal holiday in 1836.
The first name given to the November 11 holiday was Armistice Day. In 1919, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed this special date, which referred to the ending of WW1 on November 11, 1918. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a legislation to change this name to Veteran's Day, which is a legal holiday in the United States..
The first state to recognize Christmas as a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836.