{"id":8727,"date":"2006-05-02T08:09:55","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T15:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/05\/02\/aw-heck-i-missed-loyalty-day.html"},"modified":"2006-05-02T08:09:55","modified_gmt":"2006-05-02T15:09:55","slug":"aw_heck_i_misse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/02\/aw_heck_i_misse.html","title":{"rendered":"Aw, heck, I missed Loyalty Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone realize that yesterday was Loyalty Day<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as “Loyalty Day.” I ask all Americans to join me in this day of celebration and in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation.<\/p>\n

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2006, as Loyalty Day. I call upon all the people of the United States to join in support of this national observance, and to display the flag of the United States on Loyalty Day. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note, though, that this is not a Bush invention<\/a>. It was originally celebrated in the US in the 1920s as “Americanization Day” (against all those socialist\/communist agitators who were celebrating May Day), and was formally established by Congress in 1958<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That said … I don’t know that I’ve ever heard tell of it before, let alone seen anyone making a fuss about it. Presumably the President (whomever it is at the time) issues a press release, as requested in the law, each year, but … well, with patriotic holidays in February, May, June, and July already, it does seem to be gilding the lily a bit.<\/p>\n

(via Les<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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