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Veterans Day (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by darnisha1@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 

Is It Veterans’ Day, Veteran’s Day, or Veterans Day?

As November 11 approaches, some people may wonder how to write the name of the November 11 American holiday that commemorates the end of world-war hostilities in 1918 and 1945 as well as all who have served the U.S. Armed Forces. Do we use an apostrophe when spelling Veterans Day?

The answer is no. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, “The holiday is not a day that ‘belongs’ to one veteran or multiple veterans, which is what an apostrophe implies. It’s a day for honoring all veterans, so no apostrophe needed.”

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Of the 18 million veterans alive in the US, only 66,000 are WWII veterans who fought against fascists. The rest of them did nothing but murder children in asia, south america, and the middle east for drugs, oil, and money.

But many of those older soldiers were slaves, which is what a conscript simply is when the actual security of a nation isn't being threatened.

It's only after Vietnam that American wars have been fought entirely by volunteers.