On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:11:23 -0500, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:37 -0500, the renowned Keith Williams
wrote:

There was just a thing on the radio giving the history of the
holiday. Armistice Day was renamed Veterans' Day in 1954. Veterans
day was then moved to October in the '60s and back to 11/11 in the
late '70s.

According to CNN domestic they also wanted to move it to a Monday like
some other holidays, but veterans' groups wouldn't have it and
continued to mark it on 11/11 until the gov't caved.

Yes, that's why it was moved to October (third Monday?) and why it was
moved back. I don't think anyone's going to mess with it again soon.

--
Keith