Should Armistice Day i.e. November 11th be a public holiday when it falls on a week day?
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No.\nThey did not give their lives to give us a day off,\nThey gave their lives for our much eroded way of life.
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No.  Veteran's Day, I believe, is a Federal Holiday.  This means that all Federally run agancies, including the post Office, will be closed.
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No.\n\nI have a UK calendar right in front of me, and it only lists Monday, May 29 as a bank holiday.
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NO.\nIn observance of Veteran's Day. Post offices are closed.
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It would be the same as we have in some neighborhoods in Los Angeles whose public schools close as needed for the major Jewish holidays.  As long as they are able to schedule in the requisite number of schooldays per term, it would be beneficial and unifying to the community  However, at this time there probably are few, if any, districts that would have this issue.
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Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.\n\nActually it is to remember the war dead.\n\n And most people remember it by getting drunk at a barbecue.
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I call your question almost entirely unintelligible.\n\nBut if you mean what do we call our equivalent of your Veterans Day then the answer is Remembrance Day.\n\nAnd it's not just in England. England is one country within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It also includes Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.\n\nsee my recent answer on Remembrance Day at>>>\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhpXG7t1YHCYq_h.g_dW5rTsy6IX?qid=20061112121321AALUS8V
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well veterens day is because WWI ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. and a side not the marine corps was founded on 11/10/1775.
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Memorial Day started in the 1860's in various towns as a day to remember and honor the soldiers who died in the Civil War. It was originally called Dedication Day. In 1868, the first official military proclamation of the day was given, and flowers were put at the graves at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to recognize Memorial Day as a holiday was New York in 1873. Eventually all the Northern states adopted it in the late 1800s, while the the Southern states had other days for honoring Confederate war dead. In 1971, Congress set the official date of Memorial Day to be the last Monday in May.\n\nVeterans Day, which is celebrated November 11 of each year, is set aside to honor all veterans, both living and dead. It  was first called Armistice Day, to celebrate the day when WWI was ended with the signing of an armistice on November 11, 1918. After WWII, the holiday changed to honor all veterans rather than remember the peace and the sacrifice of  those in the first world war. In 1954, the president changed it to Veterans Day to honor all servicemen and servicewomen. Many other countries, which also participated in WWI also celebrate a day honoring those who served in the military (living or dead) on November 11.\n\nIn short, Memorial Day -- an American holiday established for the honoring of the war dead. Veterans Day - a holiday celebrated in many countries for honoring veterans, living and dead.
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What country? What state, if US. What kind of employer?\n\nI certainly don't think Yom Kippur is a legal holiday in China, or Easter in Israel, for example. I know we don't celebrate Boxing Day in the US, and I've never even heard of Remembrance Day.\n\nAt my company, the answer is none.
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No.  It is December 31 11:59:59.999 PM.  The only exception would be certain fiscal filers.  This would not apply to individuals.
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In the UK, a public holiday was often first used by Banks, and usually on a Monday, so there are Bank Holiday Mondays, August Bank Holiday is a typical one. Sat/Sun/Mon rather like Memorial day in US
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Yeah - I think Veteran's Day is the "new Thanksgiving" - we noticed sales on and right after Nov. 11th, Santa showing up at the mall, etc.  Greed
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I like your picture, avatar, thing\n\noh and about Thanksgiving, its on the 30 of December by the way. many people think its on the 23 of Novemeber, but they are wrong.\n\nseriously though, its on the 23, though Canadians have a 3-4 day weekend (either sat-mon or fri-mon)
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No we dont. Infact we dont have a public holiday to celebrate the 'UK'....eg a national celebration day. There was recent discussion in paliment about this, but I have not heard anything more about it.\n Not like some sort of 'independence day' like the states have .
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No the Russians held an armistice with Germany in 1917. The armistice we all celebrate was on 11 November 1918.
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They have a week?  I'll bet that's a paid holiday they can complain about.