Presidential Trivia Answers (Nov. 10-11)

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(1) QUESTION: Who was President when we started calling our November 11 celebrations “Veterans Day” instead of “Armistice Day”?

ANSWER: Dwight D. Eisenhower. The day was originally called Armistice Day because November 11, 1918, was the day on which an armistice was called and fighting in World War I came to an end. Later, after more wars had been fought, the name of the holiday changed to Veterans Day. Now, veterans of all wars are honored.

(2) QUESTION: An unidentified soldier from World War I was interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a November 11 ceremony. Which President spoke at the ceremony?

ANSWER: Warren Harding. The ceremony was held in 1921.

(3) QUESTION: True or False? More future Presidents served in the United States Navy than in the United States Army.

(Note: I **am** counting Navy and Army Reserves. I am **not** counting state militias or the Revolutionary War-era Continental Army. Obviously, Commander-in-Chief doesn’t count, either!)

ANSWER: False. More Presidents (14) served in the United States Army or Army Reserves than served in the United States Navy or Navy Reserves (6).

• Army veterans include: Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan.

• Navy veterans include: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush.