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What year was veterans day first celebrated as a national holiday

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1938

Step-by-step explanation:

Veterans Day originated as "Armistice Day" on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War 1. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.

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