# When did Veteran's Day get renamed?

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**Created:** [November 10, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-veterans-day-get-renamed/92682 "2001-11-10T22:02:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TotalRecall\_cb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@TotalRecall\_cb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TotalRecall_cb)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-veterans-day-get-renamed/92682/1 "2001-11-10T22:02:03Z")

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I don’t recall it happening, but the sign at the post office has a new name for it. It was not very memorable, something like Serviceperson’s Day, I think.

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**Author:** ![TotalRecall\_cb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@TotalRecall\_cb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TotalRecall_cb)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-veterans-day-get-renamed/92682/2 "2001-11-10T22:30:15Z")

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Now, I guess I’m going to change the question to “Has anyone else seen this name change?”

I checked the USPS calendar and a couple other sites, and got no confirmation that there was any official change at all.

I did discover that the name had been changed years ago, which I hadn’t realized.

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> Origins  
> In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe).  
> 11/11/11  
> These memorial services all took place on November 11, the anniversary of the end of World War I at 11:00 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month), which became known as Armistice Day.  
> Armistice Day Becomes Veterans Day  
> Armistice Day officially became a holiday in the United States in 1926, and a national holiday 12 years later. On June 1, 1954, the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor all U.S. veterans.
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> In 1968, new legislation changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent, however, that November 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978 Congress returned the observance to its traditional date.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-veterans-day-get-renamed/92682/3 "2001-11-10T23:29:36Z")

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It’s called “Remembrance Day” in Canada. Theis post office wasn’t in Canada was it?

At first I thought this was going to be a questions how the name got changed to “Veterans Day” from Armasis-- Armatis-- Armatist-- Armastist-- End-of-the-damn-fighting Day.