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Veterans Day (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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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[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (12 children)

they are when the folks they killed were fascists. Also, hot take here, I'm pretty sure that the US occupation o Afghanistan was better than the current system in place there.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

a 'hot take' not just perpetuating united states state department talking points

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I dunno man, an official government which forbids women to literally even speak sounds a lot worse than the shit the US pulled when we propped up Hamid Karzai.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago

Whats happening in Afghanistan did not start or end two minutes ago, that's such a simplistic take.

Don't presume everyone you engage with online is a man. You're dismissing a woman while pretending to champion women.

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