Trump to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I’

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Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces on May 8, 1945, a little over a week after Adolf Hitler died by suicide inside his Berlin bunker.
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed his intent to rename two US holidays to “Victory Day” in his latest attempt to alter the country's nomenclature.
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The announcement, made without an executive order or legislation from Congress which holds the power to create or amend public holidays, has sparked widespread outrage.
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Veterans Day, which takes place on November 11, was originally called Armistice Day in the U.S. by then-President Woodrow Wilson to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.” It was later renamed Veterans Day to honor all American military veterans.
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