Allyson, where did you find that? My first reaction is that it's fake (parody, whatever).
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May 1st has apparently been Loyalty Day since the 1930's. [eta: First celebrated unofficially as "Americanism Day," officially made Loyalty Day by Eisenhower in 1958.]
Ah. I've checked a shitload of political blogs - no mention of Loyalty Day.
I found it on Wonkette.
OK, I see it there.
I thought it was a new thing, so I was expecting outrage. Sorry.
What today REALLY is, is the 75th Anniversary of The Empire State Building. WOO HOO!
May 1st has apparently been Loyalty Day since the 1930's.
Really? Really?! Dang, Loyalty Day has a piss poor publicist.
Burrell, tell me when you find out your plans, and let's arrange a little something.
First celebrated unofficially as "Americanism Day," officially made Loyalty Day by Eisenhower in 1958.
Because "Americanism" in the 1930s meant "immigrant bashing," and everyone knows that Republicans don't engage in that sort of thing.
I guess May Day is just too unamerican - involving that famous foreign city of Chicago and all, and before that Maypoles and all.