Talk:Veterans Day

message: While I do not oppose the idea of a ferdural holiday for elections, I do oppose the placing of a political talking point in an article about Veterans Day. 
"Several commentators have noted the irony of Election Day being a regular working day, while Veterans Day, which typically falls the following week, is a federal holiday. Many people have called for the holidays to be merged, so citizens can have a day off to vote. This would be seen as a way to honor voting by exercising democratic rights.[9][10]"
This segment and its citations should be removed as it has nothing to do with the observation of Veterans Day nor does it have any direct relevance for the holiday itself other than an unstated and undefined reference to "soldiers dying for the right to vote".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.172.200.126 (talk) 00:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: ok.? 2601:603:A7F:B110:C55A:DCCB:A597:269B (talk) 13:09, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit Request: Irrelevant and Opinionated Segment

message: The article states: the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Web site states that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling..."
The DVA website says nothing at all about attribute case -- there is no such case, for a start.
The case is called 'genitive' and it includes both possession and attribution.
The DVA website states only that the holiday is called Veterans Day instead of Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day because the day does not belong to Veterans.
In fact, the Act of Congress that renamed Armistice Day actually renamed it *All* Veterans Day.  We later dropped the 'All' part.
But there is absolutely nothing on the website about the spelling being attributive rather than possessive.  So the material about it being attributive should be removed.
73.162.218.153 (talk) 22:53, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: No Mention of Attributive

message: The National Veterans Award was also created in 1954. Congressman Rees of Kansas recieved the first National Veterans Award in Birmingham, Alabama for his support offering legislation to make Veterans Day a federal holiday. 
RevRobtheRR (talk) 20:33, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Cannolis (talk) 20:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2014 

message: According to a New York Times article published on 8 November 1919 entitled "President Prepares a message to the People for Armistice Day", "President Wilson today wrote a message to the American People which will be made public on Armistice Day, Nov. 11."  Other contemporaneous and official sources call this same statement a "greeting" or an "address".  Even though Wilson routinely issued "proclamations", this was not one of them.  
See:
http://aveteransday.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdritik (talk • contribs) 07:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idea that Wilson declared a first Armistice Day in November 1919 "proclamation" is mostly a myth. 

message: The caption on the photo in the main infobox at the top-right of the article currently reads:
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Joseph F. Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
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Since Joseph F. Ambrose's Wikipedia page and this source linked to from his Wikipedia page say that he died in 1988, the caption can be misinterpreted to mean that he is currently 86-years-old. Note his date of birth here. 
I propose changing the caption to the following:
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Joseph F. Ambrose, a World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982 at 86 years old, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
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Deleting any information about his age in this caption would also work.
I apologise for any mistakes I may have made; I'm new to editing (obviously).
Blueinkblink (talk) 02:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Paine  u/c 06:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2016 

message: In the article there is a mistake made in the year that Veterans Day was first celebrated it says the year 1918 but it is the year of 1919.
Sophisticatednyny (talk) 21:36, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Where does it say that? It says 1919 due to the war ending in 1918.  🔯 Sir Joseph 🍸(talk) 16:17, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2016 

message: Not all veterans of the military are honored on Veteran's Day. Proclamation 3071—Veteran's Day, 1954 indicates "Veteran's that fought on the seas, in the air, and on Foreign shores". It doesn't say "All that Served" in the military because not all that were in the military were in a war on foreign shores. To honor people that didn't fight brings dishonor to the day.
See for yourself.  
Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain. I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Veterans Day. 170.202.22.2 (talk) 20:50, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —KuyaBriBriTalk 21:09, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2017 

message: alslo check http://aveteransday.com Rdritik (talk) 07:14, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure what it is you want done here. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:38, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 October 2018 

message: How Donald Trump saved the Veterans' Day Parade
I think it's important to note how Donald Trump funded and saved the parade for decades to come. 38.112.182.5 (talk) 15:45, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —KuyaBriBriTalk 16:33, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2019 

message: Hey all- should "11-11-11" be displayed somewhere on the page, maybe in parentheses?  We have a redirect 11/11/11. Geographyinitiative (talk) 20:02, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead states:  Is that not sufficient? NedFausa (talk) 20:06, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   Thanks for your reply. To me, it is not self evident that English speakers would naturally write 11-11-11 or 11/11/11 based on the passage you just quoted. I would think that 11-11-11 referred to November 11, 1911 or 2011 if I didn't know better- cf.  where the user says "11/11/11 takes place every hundred years. In 2011, the 11th November falls on a Friday. There will be a few known global events taking place on 11/11/11". For this reason, it seems like there could be content worthy of a parenthetical mention of some kind in the body of the article. Geographyinitiative (talk) 20:10, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  11-11-11 

message: Hello! I am hoping to improve this article by citing information and adding reliable sources and noticed that the following sentences weren't cited. I tried to see where the information came from and it led me to an opinion blog by a lawyer. This information is quoted directly from the source: "Another military holiday that also occurs in May, Armed Forces Day, honors those currently serving in the U.S. military. Additionally, Women Veterans Day is recognized by a growing number of U.S. states that specifically honors women who have served in the U.S. military." Since this information came from a blog, I think that it should be deleted and replaced with similar information from a reliable source. StudiousBear23 (talk) 13:21, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources and Citations 

message: The first sentence of the article states that Veterans Day is "...for honoring military veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces (that were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable)."
The first word of the parenthetical clause is a relative pronoun referring to veterans. Veterans are people, not objects, and the word veterans is a plural group of individual people; both cases dictate replacing "that" with "who" so that the clause in parentheses reads "military veterans ... who were discharged ..." Revcor632 (talk) 18:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:31, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

text: Thank you 2601:380:8201:24C0:BD54:3798:80BB:BDDA (talk) 03:04, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2021 - grammatical mistake in 1st sentence 

message: In the famous American Writer’s book of the 1960’s America, Kurt Vonnegut in a dialogur between one of the characters in the book, with a certain truck driver, the two end up having a quick dialogue about American veterans and the famous Veterans Day. The Africanstar Review (talk) 08:59, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast Of Champions 

message: It is stated that Woodrow Wilson issued a message on the First Armistice Day in 1919.
In fact, the actual first Armistice Day was when the treaty was signed in 1918, ending World War One.
Therefore, the first paragraph in the history section should be edited to indicate that it was the second Armistice Day, or the first Annual observance of Armistice, to honor the veterans that served, and remember the ones gave it all and didn't return alive. CodexA1 (talk) 00:56, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:42, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2023