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Who started Memorial Day or which president signed Memorial Day into laws as a holiday?
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What was the original name of Memorial Day when it was first issued as a holiday -?
In 1868 when it was proclaimed as a holiday by General John Alexander Logan, Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation in 1967 officially renaming it as Memorial Day.
Which President Signed the bill to make Labor Day a national holiday and when was it signed?
President Grover
What president signed the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Law?
On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law.
What president signed the bill making Labor Day a holiday?
President Grover Cleveland signed into law the bill that made Labor Day an official national holiday in 1894.
Who signed the lawmaking president's day a national holiday?
Grover Cleveland
Which President signed Thanksgiving into a Federal holiday status?
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Which president signed out a law that Christmas is a national holiday?
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Which president signed the bill designating Martin Luther King Jr's birthday as a holiday?
President Ronald Regan signed the bill that made Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday a national holiday on November 2, 1983
What us president signed a law making labor day a national holiday?
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What president signed into law the establishment of veterans day?
U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.
President Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal holiday on what date?
President Richard Milhous Nixon did not declare Memorial Day to be a federal holiday. Decoration Day (the original name for Memorial Day) was officially declared by General John Alexander Logan, a Union general during the US Civil War and who was the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (a fraternal organization of veterans), on May 5 1868. It was first observed on May 30, 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery. The name Memorial Day was first used in 1882 but it did not become the official name until President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation changing "Decoration Day" to "Memorial Day" in May of 1967.
What year did it become Memorial Day and who was the President?
In May of 1967 President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation officially renaming Decoration Day to Memorial Day. But the name Memorial Day had been commonly used since after World War I.
