This article features Congressman Edward Rees's bill. Congressman Edward Rees of Kansas introduced a bill (H.R. 7786) in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 8, 1954, to create a national holiday that would honor the nation's veterans. He said in a speech on the floor of the House that he did it so that "a grateful nation may pay proper homage to all its veterans who have contributed so much to the cause of world peace and the preservation of our way of life." This article shows steps in the journey that H.R. 7786 took to become a law. (Contains 1 note.)