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The ceasefire was signed at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
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On the one year anniversary of the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as the first commeration of Armistice Day. Parades and a brief suspension of work at 11 a.m. were planned.
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Congress passed an act that established November 11 as Armistic Day and as a legal holiday each year as a day dedicated to the cause of world peace.
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After WWII and the Korean Conflict, veterans organizations suceeded in lobbying Congress to change Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
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