Ducky
05-23-2009, 11:34 PM
According to this Canadian about my fellow Americans, I see:
[offsite:332p27h4]* Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.[/offsite:332p27h4]
Sounds like a very important holiday for the Americans!
The weekend is celebrated with losts of booze?
Sounds like JUST another holiday celebrated by Canadians.
Also sounds like another Remembrerance day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day)
[offsite:332p27h4]* Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.[/offsite:332p27h4]
Sounds like a very important holiday for the Americans!
The weekend is celebrated with losts of booze?
Sounds like JUST another holiday celebrated by Canadians.
Also sounds like another Remembrerance day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day)