06/24/2026
The American Experience: Designed to help soldiers transition to civilian life after WWII, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or GI Bill, was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on this day in 1944.
With provisions for low-cost housing, education, and small business loans for returning soldiers, the bipartisan bill fueled America's middle class in the postwar era.
📸: President Roosevelt signing the G.I. Bill into law (FDR Library)
Designed to help soldiers transition to civilian life after WWII, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or GI Bill, was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on this day in 1944.
With provisions for low-cost housing, education, and small business loans for returning soldiers, the bipartisan bill fueled America's middle class in the postwar era.
📸: President Roosevelt signing the G.I. Bill into law (FDR Library)