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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" 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
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,089 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)HAB911
(8,890 posts)Norbert9
(494 posts)malthaussen
(17,193 posts)This is not a story.
-- Mal
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)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)-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)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.
omg
spanone
(135,830 posts)fuck him.
WhiteTara
(29,705 posts)to indicate that we are in deep distress.