World War 1

  • June 28, 1919

    End of the War
  • officially became a holiday

    officially became a holiday in the United States in 1926
  • Name Changed

    June 1, 1954
  • Changed Date to forth monday in october

    In 1968, new legislation changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October.
  • Unknown Service Man Dead

    A law was passed in 1973 providing interment of an unknown American from the Vietnam War
  • Traditional Date

    November 11, 1978 Congress returned the observance to its traditional date.

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