U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.
President Eisenhower started the veterans day he signed the paper
On June 1, 1954 President Eisenhower signed HR7786, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
Nixon in 1960
According to Historians, President Eisenhower declared Veterans Day a holiday after he signed a bill changing it from Armistice Day on October 8, 1954.
In 1954, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day.
U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.
Veterans Day was first incorporated into law by President Wilson as Armistice Day in 1919.
Public Law 380, signed into law by President Eisenhower on June 21, 1954, changed November from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. This change was intended to honor all veterans, not just those of WW1. November 11, 1954 was the first Veterans Day.
When Congress voted to change the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954, President Eisenhower proclaimed November 11 as Veterans Day. It was President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 that first proclaimed this day as Armistice Day.
No president--the US Congress changed the name to Veterans Day in 1954.
There was no U.S. President in 1919 who proclaimed Veterans Day. However, it was President Woodrow Wilson who proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I and honor the veterans. It was later renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to honor all American veterans.
President Wilson