Did Eisenhower Change Armistice Day To Veterans Day?
A formal agreement to end hostilities is known as an armistice. After Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies earlier in the day, fighting in WWI officially ceased on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change the name of…