You probably already know that Tuesday is May Day, the most important date on the communist calendar. What you probably don’t know is that it’s also Law Day, a day officially designated for Americans to celebrate our Constitution and reaffirm our dedication to the rule of law.

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation establishing Law Day to co-opt what had become a triumphant communist celebration. The 1950s had seen some of the darkest days of the Cold War, with many victories for international communism; Eisenhower wanted to establish an American holiday that “distinguishes our governmental system from the type of government that rules by might alone.” In the atomic age, “the world no longer has a choice between force and the rule of law. If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.”