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Alfred King, a store owner from Kansas wanted to expand Armistice Day beyond veterans of World War I to celebrate all veterans. In 1953, He campaigned locally and then, with the help of his Congressional Representative, a bill declaring it a holiday went through Congress and was signed into law on May 26, 1954 by President Dwight David Eisenhower.

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