{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I don\u2019t think having one holiday about soldiers who died in a war and another holiday about soldiers who didn\u2019t really works, it...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/145192151493/", "html": "<p>I don\u2019t think having <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day\" target=\"_blank\">one holiday</a> about soldiers who died in a war and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day\" target=\"_blank\">another holiday</a> about soldiers who didn\u2019t really works, it all blends together into one \u201cmilitary\u201d theme.<br/></p><p>The truth is Memorial Day started out as a holiday to celebrate the Civil War, while Veterans\u2019 Day started out (as \u201cArmstice Day\u201d) as a holiday to celebrate WWI and then later got patched to incorporate WWII and Korea (displacing <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_%28United_States%29\" target=\"_blank\">attempts</a> to sanctify <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day\" target=\"_blank\">V-E</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day\" target=\"_blank\">V-J</a>, or <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pearl_Harbor_Remembrance_Day\" target=\"_blank\">Pearl Harbor Day</a>).</p><p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29\" target=\"_blank\">Independence Day</a> started as a celebration of the Revolutionary War, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Day\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot Day</a> is I guess a celebration of the War on Terror. Armed Forces Day is a celebration of bureaucratic reorganization.<br/></p>"}