Veterans Day is celebrated on the 11th of November.
Gerald R. Ford was the first to declare November 11th a holiday.
Armistice Day.
November 11th was selected as Veteran's Day. The holiday was originally called "Armistice Day", because on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice ended WWI.
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Lincoln. He did this after Gettysburg.
US Veterans Day holiday is ALWAYS the 11th of November. In 2009 it is Wednesday, 11 November.
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November 11th - which is today, as I type.
The Federal Holiday is observed on the following Monday. Veterans Day is always the 11th of November in the US and Canada. There was an attempt to change it to the 4th Monday, but that failed due to the historical significance of the 11th.
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President Woodrow Wilson designated November 11th to be Veterans Day in 1919. In 1926 President Calvin Coolidge made it an official holiday.