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The entry in the list of countries should be Spain. Catalonia is a supended autonomy within Spain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.252.84 ( talk) 15:18, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
"It has also been used recently to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer, Endometriosis, and Madeleine McCann."
That is the funniest sentence I have read in quite a while, and entirely inappropriate. IT is worse than anything Seth "Family Guy" MacFairlane has ever written.
When I learned this cadence in basic training, and every time it was sung during my time in the army, there was a third verse. I'm adding it here.
Theres a verse missing
Around his neck he wore a pink bandanda he wore it in the spring time in the merry month of may and if you asked him why the hell he wore he wore it 'cause he wanted to the poor boy was gay boy was gay, boy was gay he wore it 'cause he wanted to the poor boy was gay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.92.44 ( talk) 01:19, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
My understanding is that US use goes back to at least the late 19th century. Soldiers' families would display a ribbon, visible from the street, appropriate to the category of unit he belonged to, when he was deployed; in particular, yellow meant cavalry, and the frequency of deploying the cavalry in the Indian Wars led to the relative prominence of the yellow ribbon.
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I think that the 'Puritan Army of English Parliament' were the parliamentarian army? unsigned by 81.97.195.119 (talk) at 01:19, 1 April 2007
I cannot find any film or tv credits that list James Earl Jones being in any movie about this subject. I think source is in error. James Earl Jones did appear in a short movie about the Yellow Ribbon". The story was an original one written by Pete Hamill for the NY Post in 1971. Despite the treacly song from Tony Orlando, the movie was a poignant story about love and redemption. I wish I could locate it somewhere, it was one of the best short stories I've ever seen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:84:C601:53F4:D80B:BE7D:20A7:8FC4 ( talk) 16:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
[1] The Yellow ribbon is also used to support the German troops in foreign countries, e.g. Afghanistan. -- 79.207.32.217 ( talk) 19:39, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
The section of the article that claims the yellow ribbon implied support of George Bush's policies needs citations. Sorry if this is the wrong place to say this, but as an infrequent contributor who is a member of the armed forces I think claims of the yellow ribbon being politicized in this manner needs a citation, and there is none. 174.253.193.81 ( talk) 20:30, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
From Democracy Now!:
Source: http://www.democracynow.org/2006/10/6/challenging_columbus_day_denver_organizers_discuss -- Kitrus ( talk) 23:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Iv been searching for the dramatized version and I couldn't find it anywhere. Has anyone seen it? Suzanne Vandana ( talk) 10:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
The original slogan accompanying the yellow ribbon was "Support our troops - bring them home alive". So why was the second half of the slogan dropped for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? Was there some kind of mentality that bringing them home alive meant we lost the war? :P -- RThompson82 ( talk) 22:51, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't the song have its own article? p b p 13:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Yellow_ribbon&diff=prev&oldid=463050675
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1DXfBUaaqco#t=161s
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ziedu_mate/1005883323/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/7977737278/
https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/oplontis/villa-of-poppaea
For StumpLifter who had probably a few too many, "the custom of tying a yellow ribbon around a tree to symbolize waiting love seems to go back at least as far as the days of Nero." For everybody else the "mural" in the Caldarium of the definitely not "recently unearthed" Villa Poppaea in Oplontis "depicting a man standing at a tree with a yellow ribbon tied 'round it" depicts Hesperides#The Eleventh Labour of Heracles: to steal the apples from the garden of the Hesperides. "A large yellow ribbon marks the tree as sacred, and a pile of pomegranates may indicate the site of Hercules's most ambitious labor, retrieving the 'apples' of the Hesperides", Bettina Bergmann: Art and Nature in the Villa at Oplontis, Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2002, p. 111 books.google. -- Vsop.de ( talk) 14:48, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
How do i wear a ribbon "on my person" instead of on me? Michael Schemmerling Mschem — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.233.173.74 ( talk) 10:34, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
At leasts Essex's Army wore orange field marks. The Royalists: red. Radical puritans (Levellers): sea green. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.38.133.156 ( talk) 11:56, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
The yellow ribbon stands for Sarcoma-Awareness — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.193.197.0 ( talk) 20:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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The entry in the list of countries should be Spain. Catalonia is a supended autonomy within Spain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.252.84 ( talk) 15:18, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
"It has also been used recently to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer, Endometriosis, and Madeleine McCann."
That is the funniest sentence I have read in quite a while, and entirely inappropriate. IT is worse than anything Seth "Family Guy" MacFairlane has ever written.
When I learned this cadence in basic training, and every time it was sung during my time in the army, there was a third verse. I'm adding it here.
Theres a verse missing
Around his neck he wore a pink bandanda he wore it in the spring time in the merry month of may and if you asked him why the hell he wore he wore it 'cause he wanted to the poor boy was gay boy was gay, boy was gay he wore it 'cause he wanted to the poor boy was gay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.92.44 ( talk) 01:19, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
My understanding is that US use goes back to at least the late 19th century. Soldiers' families would display a ribbon, visible from the street, appropriate to the category of unit he belonged to, when he was deployed; in particular, yellow meant cavalry, and the frequency of deploying the cavalry in the Indian Wars led to the relative prominence of the yellow ribbon.
--
Jerzy•
t
21:20, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I think that the 'Puritan Army of English Parliament' were the parliamentarian army? unsigned by 81.97.195.119 (talk) at 01:19, 1 April 2007
I cannot find any film or tv credits that list James Earl Jones being in any movie about this subject. I think source is in error. James Earl Jones did appear in a short movie about the Yellow Ribbon". The story was an original one written by Pete Hamill for the NY Post in 1971. Despite the treacly song from Tony Orlando, the movie was a poignant story about love and redemption. I wish I could locate it somewhere, it was one of the best short stories I've ever seen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:84:C601:53F4:D80B:BE7D:20A7:8FC4 ( talk) 16:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
[1] The Yellow ribbon is also used to support the German troops in foreign countries, e.g. Afghanistan. -- 79.207.32.217 ( talk) 19:39, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
The section of the article that claims the yellow ribbon implied support of George Bush's policies needs citations. Sorry if this is the wrong place to say this, but as an infrequent contributor who is a member of the armed forces I think claims of the yellow ribbon being politicized in this manner needs a citation, and there is none. 174.253.193.81 ( talk) 20:30, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
From Democracy Now!:
Source: http://www.democracynow.org/2006/10/6/challenging_columbus_day_denver_organizers_discuss -- Kitrus ( talk) 23:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Iv been searching for the dramatized version and I couldn't find it anywhere. Has anyone seen it? Suzanne Vandana ( talk) 10:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
The original slogan accompanying the yellow ribbon was "Support our troops - bring them home alive". So why was the second half of the slogan dropped for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? Was there some kind of mentality that bringing them home alive meant we lost the war? :P -- RThompson82 ( talk) 22:51, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't the song have its own article? p b p 13:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Yellow_ribbon&diff=prev&oldid=463050675
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1DXfBUaaqco#t=161s
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ziedu_mate/1005883323/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/7977737278/
https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/oplontis/villa-of-poppaea
For StumpLifter who had probably a few too many, "the custom of tying a yellow ribbon around a tree to symbolize waiting love seems to go back at least as far as the days of Nero." For everybody else the "mural" in the Caldarium of the definitely not "recently unearthed" Villa Poppaea in Oplontis "depicting a man standing at a tree with a yellow ribbon tied 'round it" depicts Hesperides#The Eleventh Labour of Heracles: to steal the apples from the garden of the Hesperides. "A large yellow ribbon marks the tree as sacred, and a pile of pomegranates may indicate the site of Hercules's most ambitious labor, retrieving the 'apples' of the Hesperides", Bettina Bergmann: Art and Nature in the Villa at Oplontis, Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2002, p. 111 books.google. -- Vsop.de ( talk) 14:48, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
How do i wear a ribbon "on my person" instead of on me? Michael Schemmerling Mschem — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.233.173.74 ( talk) 10:34, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
At leasts Essex's Army wore orange field marks. The Royalists: red. Radical puritans (Levellers): sea green. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.38.133.156 ( talk) 11:56, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
The yellow ribbon stands for Sarcoma-Awareness — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.193.197.0 ( talk) 20:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)