VFW LOYALTY DAY OBSERVANCE

 

Loyalty Day originally began as "Americanization Day" in 1921 as a counter

to the Communists' May 1 celebration of the Russian Revolution. On May 1,

1930, 10,000 VFW members staged a rally at New York's Union Square to

promote patriotism.   May 1st evolved into Loyalty Day and the first

official observance of the day was in 1959 after the signing of Public Law

85-529 on July 18, 1958.