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Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally

Posted by kdawson on from the that-wasn't-so-hard-was-it dept.

theodp writes "It took nearly a decade, but Google has done a turnabout and is honoring Veterans Day with a special holiday design for its famous logo. Users who log onto Google's home page are greeted with three World War I-era helmets capping the letters 'o' and 'e' in Google's name. The decoration is a marked departure for the company, which has come under fire from veterans' groups for ignoring American holidays such as Veterans Day and Memorial Day since Google's inception in 1999."

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  1. Googley woogley woo by Joe+Jay+Bee · · Score: 5, Funny

    BREAKING NEWS! Google updates logo for public holiday. HOLY SHIT!

    Cos I was just thinking, we didn't have enough google (non)-stories on Slashdot...

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  2. Re:Rememberance Day? by MageWyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    It affected Mexicans and Canadians?

  3. It wont do any good by truesaer · · Score: 5, Funny
    The "Google hates America!" claim was absurd as they have a special logo for Independence Day which is suitable flag themed. Some people just refuse to understand that the logo is changed only sometimes, and for a motley assortment of reason from serious (they have logos for memorial/veteran's day in Australia for example) to obscure (World Water Day). It isn't meant to recognize the top 20 most important events in history or something.


    At any rate, I think it's safe to say that next year WND will be bitching about Memorial Day and Columbus Day. And if they got logos for those it would be Reagan's Birthday and the day they pardoned Oliver North. You can't win with these whiners. It's a freaking logo, this is the stupidest controversy in history.

  4. Re:This story stinks by RuBLed · · Score: 3, Funny

    at least they got other

  5. Why is it a holiday? by niceone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is it a holiday? Looking after the nation's pets and livestock is a necessary job, but hardly worth an anual holiday, let alone a Google logo.

    And what have WWI helmets got to do with it anyway?

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  6. Call of duty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, here I was thinking it was commemorating the release of Call of Duty 4. Well, either way, it works for me.

  7. Re:Okay that does it- I want Queens day to be hono by Etrias · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder how they would make a caricature of Freddie Mercury embedded in the Google logo?

  8. Re:World Nut Daily by KevinIsOwn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everything the article says is true. Google not only doesn't post Christmas logos, they hate Christmas, and they will use their new cellphone based Google OS to send signals into the air to turn Santa Clause into a mindless, liberal zombie. He will give presents of thongs and condoms to children, along with bootlegged copies of Brokeback mountain. Google will use liberal attack ad propaganda to turn us all into communists.

    Maybe you should read the "article" a little further. You'll find advertisements made with a nice big dose of crazy.

  9. Re:World Nut Daily by Khuffie · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like your version of Christmas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.