Veteran's Day Poppy -- (no apostrophe)
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Veteran's Day Poppy
Originally appeared on "Trout Mask Replica"
I cry but I can't buy
Your Veteran's Day poppy
It don't get me high
It can only make me cry
It can never grow another
Son like the one who warmed me my days
After rain and warmed my breath
My life's blood
Screamin' empty she cries
It don't get me high
It can only make me cry
Your Veteran's Day poppy
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Veterans Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day
Official name Veterans Day
Observed by United States
Type Federal
Significance Honors the 24.9 million military veterans in the United States
Date November 11 (or nearest weekday)
Observances Parades, ceremonies honoring local veterans
Related to Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
Today is Veterans Day and a United States holiday.
Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. A
federal holiday, it is usually observed on November 11. However, if it
occurs on a Sunday then the following Monday is designated for holiday
leave, and if it occurs Saturday then either Saturday or Friday may be
so designated. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day
in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of
the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities
of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of
the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in
calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically
acceptable, the United States government has declared that the
attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the
official spelling.
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