Freedom Alliance - Heroes
Pierre, SD - Next week, America will observe its 56th Veterans Day. It hasn’t always been so. In 1938, Congress declared November 11 - designated “Armistice Day” - as a federal holiday to commemorate the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when World War I ended. In 1954, at the urging of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Congress changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day to honor American veterans of all wars. Then politics intervened. . . . More: http://www.freedomalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2705&Itemid=1