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DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦<p>Dodging <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a>? <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJKMZ26Rndb/?igsh=MWc3NzZ4ejZxbXQ1Zw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/reel/DJKMZ26Rndb</span><span class="invisible">/?igsh=MWc3NzZ4ejZxbXQ1Zw==</span></a></p>
AK<p>Veterans’ Groups Object to Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day - The New York Times (2025-05-02)</p><p>*Gift Article Link*<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-veterans-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU8.Isp1.fW-0bzbwt5tN&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-veterans-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU8.Isp1.fW-0bzbwt5tN&amp;smid=url-share</span></a><br>------</p><p>"Though presidents enjoy fairly wide latitude to recognize certain occasions or individuals by executive order, only Congress can create binding federal holidays, meaning Mr. Trump cannot unilaterally force an official name change for Veterans Day, which is one of 12 federal holidays that were established by law."</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Donald Trump hates veterans. <br>I and other veterans return the sentiment. <br>"Veterans’ Groups Object to Trump’s <br>Proposal to Rename <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a>": <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-veterans-day.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-veterans-day.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to rename <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> as ‘Victory Day for World War I’ <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-rename-veterans-day-victory-day-for-world-war-i-00323118" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/05/01/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-rename-veterans-day-victory-day-for-world-war-i-00323118</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> was originally called Armistice Day in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> to mark the end of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a>. After <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KoreanWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KoreanWar</span></a>, it was renamed, &amp; its scope was expanded to honor all US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>. Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday in May, specifically honors those who gave their lives for the country.</p><p>[but we know what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> thinks about military <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMembers</span></a> &amp; veterans: “suckers &amp; losers”]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IdiotInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdiotInChief</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQH1eUKBazgJAqYoHpOVCuU&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQH1eUKBazgJAqYoHpOVCuU&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said in a late-night post on Truth Social. “We are going to start celebrating our victories again!”</p><p>The announcement was not accompanied by an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a>, &amp; Trump did not say whether he intended for May 8 to be a federal holiday, like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to create &amp; amend public holidays rests w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-veterans-day-world-war-i.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38219A52-FF07-4F72-9740-21D49B15F706" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-veterans-day-world-war-i.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38219A52-FF07-4F72-9740-21D49B15F706</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In total <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says he is renaming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> as ‘Victory Day for World War I’</p><p>Trump said he would also label May 8, known as “V-E Day” for “Victory in Europe”, as “Victory Day for World War II,” to commemorate the end of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a>, but, clearly unbeknownst to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IdiotInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdiotInChief</span></a>, only the war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> came to an end in May. The Americans—quite famously—continued to fight the Japanese until August 1945.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/complete-moron-donald-trump-announced-wwii-victory-day-on-wrong-date/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/complete-mor</span><span class="invisible">on-donald-trump-announced-wwii-victory-day-on-wrong-date/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Trump declares May 8 Victory Day for World War II <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/974432/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/974432/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldWarI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWarI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldWarII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWarII</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Three events make me notice ways a society's establishment deflects criticism: Veterans Day, masking attitudes, and mass shootings.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2022/11/establishment-deflects-criticism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/soapbox/2022/11/establishment-deflects-criticism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Three events make me notice ways a society's establishment deflects criticism: Veterans Day, masking attitudes, and mass shootings.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2022/11/establishment-deflects-criticism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/soapbox/2022/11/establishment-deflects-criticism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ventilation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ventilation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArmisticeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmisticeDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a></p>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/what-days-mail-and-packages-be-delivered-on-christmas-week/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What days mail and packages will be delivered on Christmas week - Stephanie Thompson</a>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/what-days-mail-be-delivered-on-thanksgiving-week/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What days mail and packages be delivered on Thanksgiving week - Stephanie Thompson</a>
Alameda Post<p>Despite a torrent of rain, PGA HOPE and Youth on Course teamed up for their second annual Veterans Day event. The tournament was cancelled, but Vicky Nguyen reports that everyone moved indoors, where veterans, kids, and parents played ping pong and enjoyed lunch, a hat exchange, and speeches.</p><p><a href="https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/corica-park-hosts-veterans-day-collaboration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alamedapost.com/features/alame</span><span class="invisible">da-life/corica-park-hosts-veterans-day-collaboration/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/alameda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alameda</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CoricaPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoricaPark</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a></p>
Berner Dad for EquALLity<p>So yesterday….<br>But still relevant. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dadt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms<p>On Veterans Day, and Tuberville went on Fox to say that our military is "a disaster" and could not beat anyone, he says it has to be rebuilt. maga really loses no opportunity to insult our armed forces.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/vets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vets</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/harriet-tubman-general-maryland-veterans-day-004ad9d09e8ab7ec2f89407618069a23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/harriet-tub</span><span class="invisible">man-general-maryland-veterans-day-004ad9d09e8ab7ec2f89407618069a23</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a> posthumously named a general in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> ceremony"</p><p>Amongst the greatest of the greatest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> to ever live</p><p>For those who don't know, in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> she used her covert travel, scouting, and subterfuge skills, mastered in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UndergroundRailroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UndergroundRailroad</span></a>, to gather intelligence and lead troops, especially the Combahee Ferry raid </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Combahee_Ferry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_</span><span class="invisible">Combahee_Ferry</span></a> </p><p>General <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tubman</span></a> it should be, and General Tubman it is</p>
bk<p>This <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> , I honor my grandfather -- who defended democracy from fascism -- by resolving to continue to defend democracy from fascism.</p>
Marcia Nelson Pedde<p>halos ring the moon ... <br>the voices of the fallen <br>pierce the veil tonight </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RemembranceDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemembranceDay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/memories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memories</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rainbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbows</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moonbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonbows</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/halos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>halos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/3lines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3lines</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mpy</span></a> </p><p>Inspired by G. Taylor &amp; the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> herself</p>
tuban_muzuru<p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/veteransday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veteransday</span></a> </p><p>It's Veteran's Day. I always attend services at national cemeteries, wherever I am, on Memorial Day, but Veteran's Day.</p><p>I'm numb to any sense of patriotism I once had. </p><p>For what did these people die?</p>
PerryTrails<p>It’s Veterans Day here in the USA. Not that everybody noticed.<br>🇺🇸 <br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/VeteransDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDay</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/VeteransDayUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransDayUS</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a>.</p>