Veterans Day History,
Veterans day is on the 11th day of November. It is a day for honoring our veterans past and present. Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11, Armistice Day in 1919. Raymond Weeks in 1945 thought is would be cool to change Armistice with Veterans so that the day would celebrate all of the US service men not just the ones that fought in WWI. On May 26, 1954 President Eisenhower signed the bill into law, now Veterans Day was a national holiday.
After the US' involvement in Vietnam the emphasis shifted from parades and speeches to remembrance. A law passed in 1968 that moved the Veterans day to the forth Monday in October. Ten years later though the holiday was moved back to is original date. every year at 11 A.M. There is 2 minutes of silence. followed by the playing of "Taps".
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