Homegrown Holiday Turns 50
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Homegrown Holiday Turns 50
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Description
Emporia, Kansas, celebrated the nation's first Veterans Day in 1953. Due to the efforts of Emporia resident Al King and another Kansan, the then President Eisenhower, what used to be Armistice Day, held in honor of World War I veterans, was renamed in 1954 Veterans Day in honor of all veterans.
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2003-11-07
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
The Kansas City Star
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Shelf Locator
Vertical File: Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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