# Veterans Day on Saturday????? Why not Monday?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079 "2017-11-08T23:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079/21 "2017-11-09T17:35:51Z")

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“The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…”

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079/22 "2017-11-09T18:06:32Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> I was at the bank and they had a sign posted, closed Sat for Veterans Day.
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> I thought all the Federal holidays were moved to Mondays? Except: Thanksgiving, Christmas and July 4th.
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> Has Veterans Day been dropped as a Federal Holiday?

November 11 was of course the date that the armistice was signed in Europe to end the First World War, so perhaps not moving the holiday to a Monday indicates its importance. (With many of the other holidays, the only thought people give to them is that it’s a three-day weekend.)

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079/23 "2017-11-09T18:24:21Z")

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> [@WildBlueYonder](#):
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> So mail coming Friday or Saturday or neither??

No mail on Saturday, November 11. Mail will be delivered tomorrow, the 10th, as usual.

> **[Post Office Holidays 2024 | USPS Holidays 2024](http://www.theholidayschedule.com/post-office-holidays.php)**
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> The US Postal Service (USPS) will be open on Friday, November 10th,  
> and closed on Saturday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day.

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-on-saturday-why-not-monday/801079/24 "2017-11-09T18:24:56Z")

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A lot of people mix up Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I’ve even heard comments questioning why we have both holidays.

My dad was career military and a Viet Nam veteran. I know the difference in the two holidays and why they are equally important.

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