Short History Lessons about Veterans Day
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Short History Lessons about Veterans Day: The First World War was known as the "War to end all Wars" and was a war with major social and political impacts in the world even today. Many people fought in the war, and when the United States entered the war late, and suffered the fewest casualties from all participating countries, the total number of victims suffering from U.S. was around 116,000, the war was still devastating.
The official end of the date of the war was 11 November 1918, and on the one year anniversary President Wilson declared 11 November 1919 as "Armistice Day." This was the first national memorial of the First World War.
On 11 November 1920 the British and French countries held a ceremony to commemorate the war through laying down unknown soldiers. The following year, the United States did the same thing by relocating an unknown US soldier from his grave in Europe to the present. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington DC. There was a big ceremony around the event and the coffin was placed in the tomb right at 11:00 in the morning on November 11, 1920. President Harding requested that all flags be hoisted at half-mast to commemorate that day and the loss of the lives of soldiers who fought in the war.
While this is happening in other countries, the United States considers the unknown army to mean the loss we face as a country, and the loss and sacrifice of every American in the war. Therefore, in the following years, many countries adopted a law stating November 11 as an official holiday.
On June 4, 1926, the United States Congress passed a resolution asking the president to issue a proclamation to display national flags on all buildings on November 11. The resolution again called the day "Armistice Day." On May 13, 1938 the Congress enacted a new law which made the day a national holiday.
In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, the "Veterans Day" parade was held in Alabama on November 11. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a law into a law that officially changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
In the following years, three soldiers were buried in the graves of unknown soldiers in Washington D.C. They were soldiers from the Second World War, the Korean War, and one from the Vietnam War.
In 1968 a law was passed to transfer Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. However, many people protested because of the importance of November 11, and in 1978 President Ford signed a new law that returned Veterans Day back to November 11.
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To this day, the Veterans Day National Committee has the task of coordinating all federal Veterans Day ceremonies. Every year the President of the United States is currently visiting the tomb of an unknown soldier and placing a wreath when the tap is played. In addition, many countries hold their own ceremonies to remember war soldiers who fell and sacrificed from those who served their country every day. It is very popular in cities and in cities to hold Veterans Day parades to honor people among their communities who have lost loved ones because of war, or who have love because they are currently serving in the armed services.
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On 11 November 1920 the British and French countries held a ceremony to commemorate the war through laying down unknown soldiers. The following year, the United States did the same thing by relocating an unknown US soldier from his grave in Europe to the present. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington DC. There was a big ceremony around the event and the coffin was placed in the tomb right at 11:00 in the morning on November 11, 1920. President Harding requested that all flags be hoisted at half-mast to commemorate that day and the loss of the lives of soldiers who fought in the war.
While this is happening in other countries, the United States considers the unknown army to mean the loss we face as a country, and the loss and sacrifice of every American in the war. Therefore, in the following years, many countries adopted a law stating November 11 as an official holiday.
On June 4, 1926, the United States Congress passed a resolution asking the president to issue a proclamation to display national flags on all buildings on November 11. The resolution again called the day "Armistice Day." On May 13, 1938 the Congress enacted a new law which made the day a national holiday.
In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, the "Veterans Day" parade was held in Alabama on November 11. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a law into a law that officially changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
In the following years, three soldiers were buried in the graves of unknown soldiers in Washington D.C. They were soldiers from the Second World War, the Korean War, and one from the Vietnam War.
In 1968 a law was passed to transfer Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. However, many people protested because of the importance of November 11, and in 1978 President Ford signed a new law that returned Veterans Day back to November 11.
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To this day, the Veterans Day National Committee has the task of coordinating all federal Veterans Day ceremonies. Every year the President of the United States is currently visiting the tomb of an unknown soldier and placing a wreath when the tap is played. In addition, many countries hold their own ceremonies to remember war soldiers who fell and sacrificed from those who served their country every day. It is very popular in cities and in cities to hold Veterans Day parades to honor people among their communities who have lost loved ones because of war, or who have love because they are currently serving in the armed services.
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