Trump admin live updates: White House backtracks on renaming Veterans Day [View all]
Source: ABC News
A day after President Donald Trump announced he was renaming Nov. 11 -- the date that Veterans Day is observed -- as "Victory Day for World War I," the White House is now saying it will be an additional proclamation and not a full replacement.
"We are not renaming Veteran's Day," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News. "It will just be an additional proclamation that goes out on that day."
In his social media post on Thursday, Trump also said he intended to designate May 8 as "Victory Day for World War II."
Establishing a federal holiday or a patriotic or national observance requires the passage of a law, according to the Congressional Research Service.
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