Guide Note:

Also known as Armistice Day, Veterans Day is a national holiday that falls on November 11, or the nearest weekday to the 11th. The holiday marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. In 1938, Congress passed a bill that each November 11 "shall be dedicated to the cause of world peace and ...hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day"¹

Fast Facts:

1. On November 11, 1918, the Armistice was signed at the Forest of Compiegne
2. In November 1919 President Woodrow Wilson issued the Armistice Day proclamation
3. 1927 Congress issued a request to President Calvin Coolidge to issue a proclamation calling upon official to display the U.S. Flag on all U.S. government buildings
4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made it a legal holiday
5. Veterans Day was initiated by Ed Rees of Emporia, Kansas in 1953
6. The change of name from Armistice Day to Veterens Day was made on May 24, 1954 by Congress