This Day in History: GI Bill of Rights was signed

(WDBJ) - June 22, 1944:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the GI Bill of Rights.

This provided tuition coverage, unemployment support and low-interest home and business loans to returning veterans.

Gray Media, parent company of WDBJ7, is celebrating the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America with a year-long look at our country called “We the People”.