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Viva Veterans!

  • November 11, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Today is Veterans Day, honoring all who served in the U.S. armed forces. The 1968 Uniform Holiday Act set this holiday, plus Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, and Columbus Day on Mondays near their actual dates. But in 1978, Veterans Day was moved back to November 11.

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