Veterans and Memorial Days May Be Kicked Out of New Jersey Schools

Certain holidays have become politically incorrect, and as such, may be removed from the curriculum in New Jersey schools:

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a legislative proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey schools to teach about Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words.

"That's wrong," Mr. Stia, 83, said from his Hamilton home, where he flies an American flag at half-staff to honor fallen soldiers. "We're just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."

Mr. Stia and other veterans are steamed about the proposal, which state lawmakers unanimously passed last month. It now awaits action by the governor. It was included as part of a larger measure designed to help control property taxes, mostly by abolishing some laws on school purchasing and public hearings.

Other holidays about which schools no longer would be required to teach include Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day and Commodore Barry Day, which commemorates Revolutionary War hero John Barry.

New Jersey schools must observe the holidays under a 1967 law designed to promote "the development of a higher spirit of patriotism." Florida, Nebraska and Washington are among states with similar laws.

New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups have asked Gov. Jon Corzine to veto the bill so schools still have to teach about Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Note the choice of days - three of the holidays, Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Commodore Barry Day have to do with military men and women. Thanksgiving and Columbus Day have to do with the evil white people who stole the land from the Indians. How Arbor Day made the list I'm not sure since trees seem to be universally politically correct, but the other holidays have clearly fallen out of favor with the lefties that run the educational system in this country.

If they really wanted "flexibility", why didn't they include Black History Month and Martin Luther King Jr. day on that list? Because all hell would have broken loose, that's why. But they figure some aging veterans, dead soldiers, and the families of those who founded the country won't cause much trouble so they can ease those holidays out.