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.
In 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the initial commemoration of Armistice Day. It became Veteran's day and a legal holiday under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation.
Eisenhower was in office when the name of Armistice Day was changed to Veterans' Day. Woodrow Wilson was the President when Armistice Day began.
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President Eisenhower on May 26, 1954.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation.
As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the proclamation
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, issued the first official proclamation that made Thanksgiving an annual national holiday.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued twice. First one was in September 1862 and again in January 1863.
President George Washington issued the first official government proclamation of Thanksgiving in 1789. President Abraham Lincoln made it a yearly official national holiday in 1863.
That was President Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
As President of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in the US.
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was created in 1864.
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