It’s time to pay our respects to the honored dead who have preserved our liberty. We call that holiday Memorial Day with good reason–we need to remember their sacrifices.
In their honor, I want to play some patriotic selections for the weekend.
First up is Lee Greenwood singing “America The Beautiful:”
When I grew up, my family always called it “Decoration Day,” which meant the time was spent sprucing up the graves of the dearly departed, including adding any appropriate flags, flowers or remembrances.
I still look on the Memorial Day holiday as something special because the men and women in the military have often been called upon to give up their lives so the rest of us can be free. We should always remember that. I don’t believe we consider that often enough, honestly.
Personally, I had enough of the white stuff just a couple of months ago when we were literally buried with it during Snowpocalypse. But some folks can never get enough … if you are in San Francisco. Here’s a story from sfgate.com:
>>A rare late-spring storm, coming at the end of what has been a chilly May, will lead to a most unusual promotion this weekend at one Sierra resort – skiing on Memorial Day.
By then the weather should be sunny and warmer, but for the rest of this week, damp skies will be the rule in the mountains and the Bay Area flatlands, forecasters said Tuesday.
A weather system moved onshore about midday Tuesday, bringing widespread rain to the Bay Area and snow to about the 6,900-foot level around Lake Tahoe. At least one resort is taking advantage of the weird weather to invite skiers to enjoy one last fandango on the slopes.
