May Day
Date When Celebrated: Always May 1st
Posted on 05/01/2015 5:39:20 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
May Day, the first of May is celebrated around the world. It has a number of meanings. In many other countries it is a celebration of spring and the coming of summer. It is celebrated with many spring flowers, many of them blooming right in your own backyard. To communist and socialist countries, it is a celebration for the workers.
In many countries it is celebrated as part of a one to three day holiday. Of particular note, it is not a national holiday in the United States, except in Hawaii where it is known as "Lei Day".
Loyalty Day is an opportunity to express and reaffirm our loyalty to our country. In proclaiming this day, President George W. Bush wrote: "We express allegiance to our Nation and its founding ideals, we resolve to ensure that the blessings of liberty endure and extend for generations to come."
But, this day did not start with George Bush' proclamation. It dates back to the 1920's.
On Loyalty Day, we reaffirm our allegiance to our country and resolve to uphold the vision of our Forefathers. We should also take a moment to appreciate the members of our armed forces who are displaying the ultimate in loyalty and service to protect our freedoms, and liberty, and our way of life.
Loyalty Day was first celebrated in the 1920's. Communism was on the rise, and feared in America. At the time, May Day (May 1st) was perceived by some as a Communist holiday. In a sense, Loyalty Day was intended to counter this.
The U.S. Congress made this an official holiday on July 18, 1958 with the signing of Public Law 85-529. Then President Dwight D. Eisenhower, proclaimed May 1, 1959 the first official observance of Loyalty Day.
I am sure you felt intellectually dwarfed by his erudite medical opinion!
That one is two days late.
Just saying
THAT explains a lot...
That joke dwarfs the others.
Uh-Oh... Here come the corny jokes.... Like...
A grasshopper walks in to a bar. The bartender says “Hey there! Did you know there’s a drink named after you?” “Really?’” says the grasshopper, “there’s a drink called a Jeremy?”
(Apologies to all...)
These unanswered life questions trouble me.
“GIMME THE MONEY!!” as opposed to “Show me the money”
Life is full of insolvable mysteries like that.
We used to have a cat that did that exact same thing to our coffee. She even looked like the cat in the video.
it dwarfs me!
Bitch
:-)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TGIF
Ha! My cat doesn’t do that … she actually drinks the stuff.
I’ve caught mine dipping his paw into the coffee a couple times so he could get a taste.
Now I don’t leave the two alone in a room together.
That’s how it starts.
:-)
HUMA!!! Not in PUBLIC!!!
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