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Published: Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000

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Bison-ten Yell Day is a wacky day that takes its name from a play on the word “bicentennial”. If you say “bison-ten yell” very quickly it sounds like you are saying bicentennial. But, what’s the point? The day exists to celebrate the 200th birthday either of an imaginary person, or the person who invented ten verbal signals to yell to soldiers during a war. On one hand the day is dedicated to an imaginary person. Every year the person turns two hundred. On the other hand it honors the inventor of war signals, who also apparently turns two hundred each year. Soldiers had to memorize the meanings of the secret signals, much like football players now to in the NFL.

Bison-ten Yell Day is observed next on Monday, September 2nd, 2019. It has always been observed annually on September 2nd.