Emporia, Kansas, USA, 11th November, 2014 Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) talks with Army Captain Laura Webb at todays Veterans Day memorial service in Emporia. This is the town that started the Holiday of Veterans day. In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States. At the urging of local shoe cobbler Alvin J. King, Representative Edward Rees introduced legislation in The United States Congress to rename Armistice Day as Veterans Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law on October 8, 1954 Credit: Mark Reinst

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Emporia, Kansas 11-11-2014 Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) talks with Army Captain Laura Webb at today memorial service in Emporia Kansas. Veterans Day actives in Emporia Kansas. This is the town that started the Holiday of Veterans day. In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States. At the urging of local shoe cobbler Alvin J. King, Representative Edward Rees introduced legislation in The United States Congress to rename Armistice Day as Veterans Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law on October 8, 1954 Credit: Mark Reinstein

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Location: All Veterans Memorial Park, South Commercial Street, Emporiam Lyon County, Kansas, USA,
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