Armistice Day officially became a holiday in the United States in 1926 and then a national holiday 12 years later. On June 1, 1954, by an Act of Congress, the name changed to Veterans Day to honor all United States Veterans. The time and date has carried on throughout the years being the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. As you go about your usual routine today, please take a few minutes to think about the significance of Veterans Day and the freedoms we all share in this country and just say thank you to a veteran.
Remarks at Veterans' Day ceremony on November 11,
1985 by President Ronald Reagan:
"It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country...in wars far away. The imagination plays tricks. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and grey-haired. But most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives-the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their country, for us. All we can do is remember."
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