"Dallas" wrote in message
news:Cjw8i.145536$_c5.136143@attbi_s22...
http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html


"Doug Maclean" wrote in message
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For non American viewers of this newsgroup can someone explain what
Memorial Day is ?


Doug ( Scotland )




thanks for the link. I learned a few things they didn't teach me in
school... or happened after I left.

I do like the idea that some politicos have tried to revert the dated back
to May 30 instead of the "last Monday" of May. The 3 day weekend turns a
solemn occassion into "party time". While I don't doubt our fallen soliders
had their party times, they also knew there was a proper time and place for
that.

SWIGGY