Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World war I.
About Veterans Day in brief
Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May. Another military holiday that also occurs in May, Armed Forces Day, honors those currently serving in the U. S. military. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World war I. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday.
The Veterans Award was also created in 1954. The National Veterans Day has been known as Veterans Day since November 11 of every year starting in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Uniform Law of the Uniform Army and Navy. It is also known as Women Veterans Day by a growing number of U. s. states that specifically honors women who have served in the military. It was established through a bill presented through Congress by Rep. Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, on May 26, 1954. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on June 1, 1954, replacing \”Armistice\” with Veterans Day. It had been eight years since Weeks first held his first celebration for all veterans for his first Veterans Day celebration in Birmingham,Alabama, in 1947.
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