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fishwax

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11. 50+ years as an official holiday and still pretty much unknown
Wed May 2, 2012, 11:51 PM
May 2012


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

It was made an official holiday by the U.S. Congress on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529).[4][5] Following the passage of this law, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1959 the first official observance of Loyalty Day. [6]

With the exception of Eisenhower in 1959 and 1960, and the years 1966 thru 1974, Loyalty day has been recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.[7]

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Did you observe Loyalty Day? [View all] SomethingFishy May 2012 OP
Fuck I hope so. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #1
Ask me again Lindsay May 2012 #2
+1 mmonk May 2012 #28
This is really odd. MannyGoldstein May 2012 #3
Not really, it was an Orwellian attempt to co-opt May Day (or International Workers Day). joshcryer May 2012 #5
D'oh! Of course. MannyGoldstein May 2012 #15
What joshcryer said. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #13
May 1st is getting crowded. Solly Mack May 2012 #4
Hooray, hooray! It's the first of May hobbit709 May 2012 #6
You're a poet. Solly Mack May 2012 #8
On Loyalty Day I Showed Support for American Workers and American Products. NYC_SKP May 2012 #7
Asshole, indeed. Brickbat May 2012 #21
Detroit made conscious decisions to promote unsustainable products. NYC_SKP May 2012 #25
I find it odd that you celebrate your American-made products that you put on your Brickbat May 2012 #26
Don't shit on my Prius. NYC_SKP May 2012 #27
Heeee, now you're talking! Brickbat May 2012 #31
To hell with Loyalty Day. white_wolf May 2012 #9
Workers of the WORLD unite May 1 lunasun May 2012 #10
50+ years as an official holiday and still pretty much unknown fishwax May 2012 #11
So even the president who signed the bill malthaussen May 2012 #18
Thanks, so it is a cold-war leftover lunasun May 2012 #19
Loyalty Day? Oh fer chrissakes... provis99 May 2012 #12
That's pretty much what it is. Eisenhower deemed it "Loyalty Day" in reaction to its association HiPointDem May 2012 #14
I had nary a clue. quakerboy May 2012 #16
Translation: Don't celebrate workers day on Mayday, it's not loyal. limpyhobbler May 2012 #17
No, I was too busy planning for Patriot Day. Brickbat May 2012 #20
Man, they couldn't even leave 9/11 alone.. SomethingFishy May 2012 #30
Did they serve Freedom Fries? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #22
Nope. In fact this pisses me off. alarimer May 2012 #23
I tried to report myself as a malcontent to the department of homeland loyalty.. Fumesucker May 2012 #24
No. I am loyal to my country and it's values every day of the year. nt bluestate10 May 2012 #29
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