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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. Rememberance Day? by Xiroth · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uh, November the 11th sort of is an internationally observed day - in most parts of the world it's called Armistice day or Rememberance day, though. Much as I hate to break up the nationalism party, the end of World War I did sort of affect more than just Americans.

    1. Re:Rememberance Day? by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 5, Informative

      All this glorification of destructive force is one of the greatest shams running


      Actually Armistice Day is the glorification of an end to a bit of needless destructive force being applied across most of Europe. Thanks for playing, though.
      --
      Maxim: People cannot follow directions.
      Increases in truth directly with the length of time spent explaining them
    2. Re:Rememberance Day? by feepness · · Score: 5, Informative

      It affected Mexicans and Canadians? Oh, you might say it had a minor effect on Canada.
  2. Re:KDawson by gnalle · · Score: 5, Informative

    They already have that. Just go to preferences->homepage and disable him. http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome

  3. In Flanders Fields by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow
    Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly
    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the Dead. Short days ago
    We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
    In Flanders fields.

    Take up our quarrel with the foe:
    To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
    In Flanders fields.