Ike changed it... not that I'm against honoring vets, I'm not, I just hate it when they weaken or de-sanctify another holiday to make a new one. I posted this elsewhere (
wherein it pissed people off, of course) It always pisses me off that they never
add holidays, they just change or subvert
another, existing holiday. Like adding MLK's birthday...
I'm in no way against that (
he deserves it) -- what burns me is that they took away Lincoln's birthday and now we just have frigging "President's Day.
My grandfather fought in WWI, the Great War... I will continue to call it "
Armistice Day." Wanna another example? Look how Memorial Day, a day originally set aside after the Civil War, to remember the sacrifices of soldiers (
and later sailors) has now been turned into one gigantic frigging picnic and BBQ.
Let's all go buy a new pair of sneakers at the mall... 
And people don't care. Most people are too stupid to even KNOW there were
two world wars, much less differentiate between them.
In other countries (
The UK, for example) they remember the Great War, but not here. Sad. I'll stop now.
