UNITED STATES OF AMERICA looks to be all caps.The Declaration also gave our country its name—until then the 13 colonies were known as the United Colonies. But if you notice the lettering at the top of the Declaration, the word “united” is not capitalized.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA looks to be all caps.As you will see some freepers instantly reply to a post without bothering to understand the meaning of the article’s author. What the author is saying is this was done to appease unions and the travel industry to give the sheeple three-day weekends.
“If you’ve paid attention to the U.S. calendar of official holidays, then you’ve noticed some holidays are fixed like Christmas, which is always Dec 25. You are also aware others are flexible as to which date they fall upon. Memorial Day falls on the last Monday in May and Labor Day falls on the first Monday in September. And it’s no coincidence Washington’s birthday and Columbus Day fall on Mondays. This is not happenstance. Those three-day holidays were created by a slight of hand by Congress.”
McClory claimed his goal was to align federal holidays with weekends so federal workers and private businesses could enjoy more productive vacation time instead of getting oddball days off in the middle of the week. But his logic was tainted when his true motives were revealed. This was being driven by commercial interests, and nothing more. Travel organizations had been pushing for three-day weekends for years. Private and federal unions were now lobbying hard for this since it meant more time off for them. And for some, it was an opportunity to get some days off they didn’t get before.”
“The United States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest began, they know not when, and grew into power, they know not how. There is no ‘Republican,’ no ‘Democrat,’ on the Fourth of July, all are Americans.”
– James Blaine