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.”

  • Johanno@feddit.org
    385·
    2 months ago

    I mean you have a very filtered view on American wars. Almost none of them were in order to save America and didn’t result in a better situation for the country.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      4·
      2 months ago

      And most of the WW2 vets are dead so this old geezer was in Korea or Vietnam.

      If he was enlisted, fair enough, probably got drafted as a slave soldier for capitalism, but officers are almost always volunteers.