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Some say Memorial Day Weekend is the ‘unofficial’ start of summer, the purists wait until the calendar date, coinciding with the Summer Equinox (June 20th), while I have always considered the official start of summer to be when I can pick my first red tomato off the vine.
Today is Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and reflect. In its beginning, this day bore the title “Decoration Day” because of the post-Civil War practice of decorating the graves of the fallen from that war.
Memorial Day is an American Holiday always observed on the last Monday of May, the day serves to honor the men and women who dies while serving the United States military.
Most everyone looks at Memorial Day as the culmination of a three-day weekend of fun, barbeques, and downtime. Few people seem to remember the purpose of this day is to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for this nation and the freedoms we enjoy.
Hazardous traveling conditions today for the start of Memorial Day Weekend We can expect multiple rounds of scattered to numerous thunderstorms, some strong to severe, across much of eastern North Carolina beginning mid-morning through late tonight.
Fasten your seatbelts - summer’s heating up, and so is the statewide Memorial Day Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign, which kicked off Monday, May 23.
I took Mike Parker’s excellent advice and spent Memorial Day exploring the battlefield at Bentonville, marveling at the astonishing stamina and courage of the soldiers on both sides who struggled across that vast space.
One week from today is Veterans Day. The name of the day is not Veteran’s Day – as if the day belongs to a single veteran. Nor is the name of the day Veterans’ Day – as if it belongs only to veterans. Veterans Day is a holiday established for all of us to have an opportunity to remember and honor all veterans.
Dr. Travis Towne submits a letter to the editor about teaching his daughter the importance of Memorial Day.
Saturday morning approximately 30 Scouts from the Cub Scout Pack 114 and Girl Scout Troop 4186 in La Grange, NC joined forces with members of the local VFW to honor deceased veterans by placing flags at the Fairview Cemetery in La Grange.
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