I grew up hearing my grandfather call this holiday “Decoration Day”. That was its name before we adopted “Memorial Day”.
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Decoration Day
I grew up hearing my grandfather call today “Decoration Day”. OK. Not today. Because before we decided to screw with our sacred holidays, it was always on the 30th of May. (That day would be Saturday this year.) Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we employ nowadays.
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Memorial Day, 2019
Here we go again. Another holiday moved around so we could get a 3 day weekend.
I grew up hearing my grandfather call this holiday “Decoration Day”. But, it wasn’t today. The 30th of May is its proper date. Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we employ nowadays. (Today is the 27th of May.)
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A time to honor…
Darn it! Another “if it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version. I grew up in the days when “Decoration Day” was always the 30th of May. Now, for our convenience, we’ve moved Memorial Day to be the last Monday in May.
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It’s not just a day off.
If you live in the States, the odds are you have no clue that today is “Decoration Day”. Then, it was always the 30th of May. Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we are celebrating today (the 29th of May).
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Memorial Day
I grew up hearing my grandfather call today “Decoration Day”. And, it was today. The 30th of May. Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we seem to employ nowadays.
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