Memorial Day

Remember!


Memorial Day (originally Decoration Day) in the US remembers the fallen members of the nations armed forces. In Europe, as most of you will know, we do this on Remembrance Day or Poppy Day in November, although they have this day too and call it Veteran's Day. Memorial Day is the first Public Holiday day of the year, and it bookends the summer.

We have spent the last month being told that, the pool opens on Memorial Day weekend, or the mini golf, or the prices change, or whatever. Suffice to say it is a big weekend in the US, huge sales, many parades, people hang out, break out the grill, etc.

We went to our friends Chris Provost & his wife Danni, and their two sons Luke and Eric. They have a beautiful huge house in the stix, with a pool, 3 acres of land and more trees than you can shake a stick at. Clearly the local wild life enjoy it, and I just could not resist this beautiful specimen.

The parade was excellent. Led by old soldiers, the local school bands, swinging their flags, classic car clubs with their Mustangs and Corvettes, amongst others, all put on a great show. Even ZZ Top would have been proud. Pride of place in the parade was a classic, but still in active duty, fire engine.

A great day out was had by all. Roll on 4th July parade which promises to be even bigger, down in the city proper.

Comments

Elims said…
Glad you had a good day of celebration! d:)

4th of July, everyone blows things up. *grin* (fireworks and firecrackers are the biggest thing)
June 2, 2005 at 8:15:00 AM CDT
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