06-20-2020, 10:14 AM
No requests for "Ronald Reagan Month"?
Or maybe change the name of "Spring" to "Ronald Reagan Season"?
Or maybe change the name of "Spring" to "Ronald Reagan Season"?
Federal Holidays redo
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06-20-2020, 10:14 AM
No requests for "Ronald Reagan Month"?
Or maybe change the name of "Spring" to "Ronald Reagan Season"?
06-20-2020, 10:35 AM
(06-20-2020, 03:41 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Over 1.35m soldiers have died, 1.5m have been wounded, and over 40k went missing for this country. I vote we keep this day. I've never seen the point of having 2 separate holidays for it. Just rename it to armed service day or something.
06-20-2020, 12:36 PM
(06-20-2020, 10:35 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: I've never seen the point of having 2 separate holidays for it. Just rename it to armed service day or something. One is for those who died, and the other is for those who served or are serving. The former is a memorial, the latter a celebration. Same reason we don't combine funerals and weddings just because they are both going to happen in a church... There is a notable mood difference. ____________________________________________________________
06-20-2020, 12:49 PM
(06-20-2020, 12:36 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: One is for those who died, and the other is for those who served or are serving. I guess I'd be content with celebrating all service on the same day, but to each their own.
06-20-2020, 01:20 PM
(06-20-2020, 12:49 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I guess I'd be content with celebrating all service on the same day, but to each their own. We actually have a day for that. From Wikipedia: Quote:In the United States, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. It falls near the end of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May (the fourth if the month begins on a Sunday, as in 2016).[71]
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
06-20-2020, 02:00 PM
(06-20-2020, 10:08 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The Civil War was the biggest single event in this countries history and it claimed a lot more white lives than black.And they can be honored on Memorial Day. (06-20-2020, 10:11 AM)fredtoast Wrote: We had "election days" for 150 years before women were allowed to be involved. We also had elections before blacks could vote. The goal is to rey to come up with holidays that don't call attention to one group. But hey just my opinion. If the collective feels each deserve the top 10 then I'm on board. On Election Day we could celebrate all sexes, races that fought for and won their right to vote. Heck, I'd be good with selebrating it and replace Independence Day as everyone didn't earn their freedom on that day.
06-21-2020, 10:42 AM
(06-20-2020, 02:00 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The goal is to rey to come up with holidays that don't call attention to one group. But hey just my opinion. Ending slavery and preserving the union was a great accomplishment for ALL Americans. It was made possible by the sacrifes of thousands of white troops. Ending the oppression of women was a great day for ALL Americans. It was made possible by voting men. Why shouldn't white people celebrate the end of slavery? Why shouldn't men celebrate women getting the right to vote? To me those are great moments in American history where our nation corrected a problem and became greater as a country.
06-22-2020, 08:48 AM
(06-21-2020, 10:42 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Ending slavery and preserving the union was a great accomplishment for ALL Americans. It was made possible by the sacrifes of thousands of white troops. Slavery hasn't ended. Just want to throw that out there
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
06-22-2020, 09:05 AM
I'd lose Columbus Day and make Election Day a federal holiday. Outside of that, I'm good with it.
06-22-2020, 09:28 AM
(06-22-2020, 08:48 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Slavery hasn't ended. Just want to throw that out there Mr Technicality. I think Columbus Day survives in part due to Hispanics and Spain’s involvement. Memorial Day and Veterans Day stay separate. I get off New Years, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Don’t mess with those.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
06-22-2020, 10:17 AM
06-22-2020, 10:38 AM
(06-22-2020, 10:17 AM)fredtoast Wrote: So we should cancel all the Juneteenth celebrations, right? Well, I know some black scholars that would take umbrage with it being called a "celebration" to begin with, rather a commemoration. Some have said that it isn't something to commemorate or celebrate because of the near immediate institution of mass incarceration to continue the use of slave labor by minorities in jails and prisons around the country. And then you have the ones that think it should be more of a state-by-state thing because of the different times for the ending of most slavery. But yeah, there are a number of differing opinions on this. I don't personally have one because it's not a holiday for me.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR |
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