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In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated the end of
World War
I, then known as the "war to end all wars." On November 11th one year later, President Woodrow Wilson eulogized fallen Allied soldiers and proclaimed the date as Armistice Day. It became a holiday in the United Kingdom, France and Canada, as well as the U.S. In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill designating November 11th as Veterans Day. On this Veterans Day, |
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