Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May, and it is the day Americans celebrate their military.Armed Forces Day was created on August 31, 1949, by then-Secretary of Defense, Louis Johnson, to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The event s......More

Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May, and it is the day Americans celebrate their military.Armed Forces Day was created on August 31, 1949, by then-Secretary of Defense, Louis Johnson, to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The event stemmed from the Armed Forces' unification under one Department of Defense by then-President Harry S. Truman when he signed the National Security Act into law on July 26, 1947.