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**Verterans day </3;** Verterans day is know as The Great War. Verterans day was proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day by President Wilson. Verterans day is a day to honor the people who died in their country’s service, who lived through the war,and to celebrate the victory. The war officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. In may of 1938 the11th of November became a legal holiday named VERTERANS DAY. This day is a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace.Verterans Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I.



President Eisenhower signing the HR7786, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day in may of 1938. For more info go to the website below. [|www.military.com/veteransday/History.htm]