https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day/
>1968 - The Uniform Holiday Bill signed June 28
was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays
>Washington’sBirthday
>Memorial Day
>Veterans Day
>Columbus Day
>1971 - The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25
It was quite apparent that the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens
>So on September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97, which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11,beginning in 1978.