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THE HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY:

Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. However, as the Department of Veterans Affairs reports, many Americans confuse this holiday with Memorial Day. In addition, some Americans don't know why we commemorate our Veterans on November 11.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY:

Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War 1, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. Through legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day". As such, this new legal holiday honored World War 1 Veterans. In 1954, after having been through both World War 2 and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress-at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans". With the approval of this legislation on June 1st, 1954, November 11 became the day to honor American veterans of all wars. In 1968, under the Uniforms Holiday Bill, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on it's original date. The first Veterans Day, under the new law, was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971.

Finally, on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to it's original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on November 11.

CELEBRATING THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY:

If the November 11 holiday falls on a non-workday...Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is then observed by the Federal Government on Monday. Federal Government closings are established by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. State and local government closings are determined locally, and non-government businesses can close or remain open as they see fit.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VETERANS DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY:

Memorial Day honors service members who died in service to their country or as a result of injuries incurred during battle. Deceased veterans are also remembered on Veterans Day, but the day is set aside to thank and honor living veterans who served honorably in the Military in wartime or peacetime.

Don't forget to serve veterans as well as they served us.  <THANK YOU VETERANS>

**information courtesy of www.military.com/veterans

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