Veterans Day, which is celebrated on November 11 every year, honors those who have served in the military for the United States.
by- Indra bhan
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Forces of Arms. Veterans Day recognizes all military veterans, including those who are still alive, in contrast to Memorial Day, which remembers those who passed away while serving.
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President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Veterans Day on November 11, 1919, a year after the end of World War I,
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with the intention of paying tribute to the valor and sacrifice of the dead troops of the Great War.
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Congress passed a resolution demanding that President Calvin Coolidge issue yearly proclamations on November 11 designating Armistice Day as a legal holiday seven years later, in 1926.
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Raymond Weeks, a veteran of World War II, came up with the idea in 1945 to make Armistice Day a day to honor all soldiers rather than simply those who lost their lives in World War I.
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General Dwight Eisenhower, who was in favor of the plan, was visited by a delegation he headed.
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The following year, in 1945, and every year after that, up until his passing in 1985, Weeks hosted the first Veterans Day event in Alabama.
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He received the Presidential Citizenship Medal from President Reagan in 1982. Weeks was also referred to by Elizabeth Dole as the "Father of Veterans Day."
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President's Citizenship Medal Weeks was also referred to by Elizabeth Dole as the "Father of Veterans Day."