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HAB911

(8,890 posts)
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:14 AM Apr 2017

LOL, rump proclaims May 1 as 'Loyalty Day'

President Donald Trump on Friday proclaimed May 1 as 'Loyalty Day' as a way to "recognize and reaffirm our allegiance to the principles" upon which America was built and express pride in those ideals, according to a release of the proclamation from the White House.

Fuckin' Idiot


History

The holiday was first observed in 1921, during the First Red Scare.[2] It was originally called "Americanization Day,"[3] and it was intended to replace the May 1 ("May Day&quot celebration of the International Workers' Day,[citation needed] which commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago.[4]

During the Second Red Scare, it was recognized by the U.S. Congress on April 27, 1955,[5] and made an official reoccurring holiday on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529).[1][6] President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1955, the first observance of Loyalty Day.[7] In 1958, Eisenhower urged Congress to move Child Health Day to the First Monday in October, to avoid conflicting with Loyalty Day[6][8] Loyalty Day has been recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.[9][10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day

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LOL, rump proclaims May 1 as 'Loyalty Day' (Original Post) HAB911 Apr 2017 OP
Loyalty is very important to dictators. dalton99a Apr 2017 #1
Competition with traditional May Day and Celebration of Labor. no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #2
fuck off trump spanone Apr 2017 #3
On the other hand.......... HAB911 Apr 2017 #4
I am LOYAL to RESISTING anything this SHITGIBBON suggests Norbert9 Apr 2017 #5
So has every President since 1958. malthaussen Apr 2017 #6
Exactly. Obama did it too....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2017 #11
I'm loyal to DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #7
May Day ! May Day! C_U_L8R Apr 2017 #8
eh linda4 Apr 2017 #9
i'm sure he means, loyalty to trump. spanone Apr 2017 #10
All flags should be flown upside down WhiteTara Apr 2017 #12

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
11. Exactly. Obama did it too.......
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:09 AM
Apr 2017

I'm just glad to see the original May Day as a socialist and workers' holiday gaining some new traction this year.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
7. I'm loyal to
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:49 AM
Apr 2017

-the rule of law
-pluralism
-due process
-the sanctity of the vote
-the Bill of rights
- et cetera


I'm not loyal to blood and soil.

C_U_L8R

(45,001 posts)
8. May Day ! May Day!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 09:32 AM
Apr 2017

This country is in distress - we're being torpedoed by an orange fool.

Funny aside... fuck no you cannot have our May Day, Trump.
May 1st is for honoring workers - take your idiotic 'loyalty oath' and stick it.

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